(pp. 59) Gene Veith "God at Work."
However, as I first got here, as I'm church shopping, as I'm invited to parties, as I'm trying to decide if I should eat lunch in my apartment or in the student center, listening to people giving me dating advice, pondering if I should bring issues up with my roommates or not, where I would want to do an internship, and especially seeing my sin habits --- I realized that I'm usually of the understanding that until I had a full time job, until I have a place of my own, until I'm settled into a consistent routine, that that is when "Real Life" will start.
The lies that I've been believing is, "I don't need to make real lasting friends, because I'm going to move away before too long." or "When I'm actually working in full time ministry then I'll have daily devotional time." or "I wouldn't even bother to think about finding a dating relationship now - it'll take too much time - I'll wait until I graduate." or "When I'm out on my own, THEN I'll really get involved in a church."
If Jesus is God and King over my life then it's really foolish for me to believe these lies.
He is actively Lord over my life and NOW is the time to surrender my priorities to His. It's not only disobedience to neglect the opportunities God has given me now, but it's foolish self-deprivation of God's good gifts to me. There are people and relationships to be had here that will sustain me, will cause me to rejoice, will ask me to serve, will affirm me, and grow me more into Christ-likeness! Our King is our heavenly father and our bridegroom and he delights to give us good things, because we are IN His son!