What a week…I so love college students and youth. This weekend I had the honor of speaking on the campus of Winthrop University with the FBC of Rock Hill, SC, and then spoke to some rocking students at North Greenville University’s chapel on Monday. In between I spend Sunday evening ministering with Dr. Frank Page, Dr. Doug Mize, and some other great people at FBC Taylors.  And tomorow I fly to Houston to see the Sagemont youth, some of my most favorite people I have ever met.

My book Join the Movement: God Is Calling You to Change the World is out.  Pretty obvious. It is all over my facebook and myspace (docreid7 by the way) and here.  I hate self-promoters.  The Scripture says to let another man’s lips praise you and not your own. I realize every good and perfect gift comes from the Father, so anything I do in writing to help the Body of Christ comes from Him.  But I also have a deep, firm belief that God wants to stir a lot of young people in this generation. I see so many students who hunger after God.  Maybe this book, and its telling of movements of God in the past through young adults, can spark a flame that will not be put out in a lifetime.

Oh, and today I am 48. Wow, that seems old. But I don’t feel old. I feel more vibrant, more passionate for God, more hungry than I have in a long time.  Maybe it is the accountability relationship I have with our new youth pastor Brian that is keeping me sharper.  Maybe it is the wonderful daily realization that God has given me such an amazing wife and two children who so love Jesus.  Maybe it is the students I teach, many of whom cause me to want to know Jesus more.  Maybe it is practical–this year I have taken a day off every week. First time in a long time.  I am not so weary. I am so very passionate for Christ.

This post seems very self-indulgent, so maybe no one will read it.  But I will say that our God is awesome. Amazing. Forgiving. Patient.  And I believe there is a generation coming who longs to know this God.  And to be a part of His movement. I joined the movement at age 11, and will live my life to advance it, or as my colleague David Nelson said in chapel recently–to do anything, go anywhere, pay any price, for the glory of God and the sake of the gospel!

About Alvin Reid

Hi and welcome! I am Alvin Reid, a follower of Jesus Christ, husband to Michelle, father of Josh and Hannah, and minister of the gospel. I teach at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and Southeastern College at Wake Forest in NC. I love people and have been blessed to meet a lot. I live to equip a generation of young men and women to change the world, to advance the great movement of God in our time.For the Christ follower, life is a mission trip-take it!