Prime Time

I've never had someone ask for my speaking notes before, but after my talk on coveting and contentment one Polytech student did just that. I had mentioned how everything that I had said was really only an introduction to the topic, so she was interested in the rest of it. She wanted more than just the introduction, she wanted the meat. It's so encouraging to see that hunger, that desire to know how to live a life after God.

Campus Crusade for Christ holds weekly events called 'Prime Time' on both UNAM (University of Namibia) and Polytech (Polytechnic Institute of Namibia) campuses. This semester they've been studying through the 10 Commandments. The events are entirely student-led, but they invite different guest speakers to come give the teachings. My topic was the Tenth Commandment, "Do not covet." We talked about coveting as wanting something other than what God wants for you. God is the Giver of all good gifts, but sometimes we look at the gifts He's given us and say, "That's not what I wanted." Instead we see the gifts He's given someone else and think, 'Why can't I get those gifts?' That's coveting. The cure for coveting is contentment. Contentment is not about getting what you want, but it's about learning to want what God wants for you.

I'm not good at guesstimating attendance, but I'd say there were 30-50 people at each Prime Time event. Each of these students are converging on campus from their different towns, villages, or countries. In campus ministries they hear the gospel and learn how to follow Christ. Then they take that message back to wherever they came from, or on to whatever position of influence they will attain. Their university education will make them the future leaders of African countries, whether business people, teachers, politicians, lawyers, doctors, whatever. Do you see how that makes campus ministry such a strategic opportunity for spreading the gospel?