As I was driving home from a great night at American University last night, I had this strange urge to set my cruise control on Route 7.  Don’t ask me why; it just seemed like an overwhelmingly good idea.  I could settle in, enjoy the ride and let the car worry about carrying me along at a nice, safe speed.

This is the time of year when college ministries have a tendency to set the spiritual cruise control.  The end of the year is in sight.  Graduation, summer jobs and interships are right around the corner.  If we’re not careful, we fall into a rhythm of just trying to get through the rest of the year.  We go on autopilot, set the cruise control and never allow for the possibility that God wants to do something fresh, unexpected and big during these next few weeks.

I didn’t set the cruise control last night.  Strange, I know.  But it was my way of reminding myself not to get complacent for the rest of the semester.  There are so many big things on the horizon.  God has things He wants to accomplish in our lives, on our campuses and in this city.  There are intenCITY teams headed out, outreaches planned, baptisms to be celebrated and lives to be changed.

My challenge to all of us is to fight complacency.  Don’t write off this semester.  Keep fighting.  Keep believing God for more.  Keep pressing into everything we’re trying to accomplish.