The Fearless Purpose of Houghton: An Anthem for All

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We are living in some of the most if not the most polarized times in generations. There are divisions and factions for any question and every issue. We see people and nations responding out of fear as we face endless wars. We are literally living through what we pray is the conclusion of a global pandemic fact. We are living in times where it seems like many have lost their moral compass, even those among us who ought to know better. We even argue over whether there is such a thing as right and wrong or whether it exists on a sliding scale which tilts differently depending on the time day and circumstance, here's what else I know the God that created the heavens and the earth out of nothing. The God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob, the God that parted the red sea, the God of Shadrach meshach and Abednego in the fiery furnace is the same god that woke you and me up this very morning. He's the same god that provides for us and protects us individually and collectively every minute of every hour of every day. Because he is that same god, I know beyond the shadow of a doubt that miracles can still happen, that hearts can still change. That relationships can be mended, that families can be made whole again, that the loss can still be found. I am not fearful because I know the God who lives and works in me is bigger than our division and societal issues, bigger than political partisanship, bigger than the naysayers who seek to keep us from our divinely commissioned vocations. I see what God is doing across our programs as our faculty staff and students are challenged, shaped and prepared through world class training on our residential campus online and through our programs in Buffalo. I see God at work daily as our students are equipped to fulfill their God given potential in careers and data signs, ministry, communications, education stem and the arts. Even more exciting, I see how God is using holding college to grow disciples to make nurture and raise up believers. How God is equipping our fearless students for what is our first calling the great commission to go out and make disciples of all nations baptizing them in the name of the father and of the son of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to obey all that christ has commanded. Because there is nothing absolutely nothing that we cannot accomplish with the power of his holy Spirit. You're here because God has led you to this place, Houghton College at disappointed time to learn to grow to prepare for the work that he has called you to do and we are here hotels, faculty and staff because God has called us and privileged us to be a part of the remarkable work he is doing in and through you at hope and his direction to us is like his direction to Joshua, to be strong and very courageous to be bold, to be fearless. Because even in our most difficult times, he will be with us wherever we go to. God, be all the praise, all the honor and all the glory.