Undergraduate Affairs Issue (National Founders' Day)

KAPPA COMMENTARY: NATIONAL CHAPLAIN'S MESSAGE

A Youth Uprising: Make Faith Work for You

By Rev. Dr. Tony C. Evans, Sr., National Chaplain

think is a blessing, but if you don’t pre- pare you will soon lose it. I don’t care if it’s a job, a wife, or a home. You have to prepare to receive! You have to prepare your faith. The key to your faith is God. There is no failure in God! Leadership and faith go hand in hand. The fraternity is counting on the leader- ship of our young brothers to keep us on track of achievement, as we continue to serve our nation, our communities, our families and our fraternity. Just saying you have faith isn’t faith. A faith without works is dead. Faith is demonstrated by applying God’s Word in your life. If you truly have the faith, God has the power. We have to go to the next level and learn to work what we believe. There is something that God has given us. It is the ability to work our faith until what God has for us begins to manifest in our lives. This is what Founder Elder Watson Diggs had and is what Kappa Men of today must carry on. Today in Kappa, we need a “Youth Upris- ing.” An uprising of our undergraduates to take the lead in restoring the dignity, the integrity of our fraternity. A “Youth Uprising,” aligning with the fundamen- tal purpose of Kappa Alpha Psi ® , its con- stitution and statutes with affirmation in Phi Nu Pi. This should be grounded in faith. In launching a “Youth Uprising” we need, the right perspective on faith. Hebrews 11:1 says: “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evi- dence of things not seen.” Faith creates a sense of expectancy. This is really what hope is all about. It is the evidence of things not seen. Since we hoped for it, and because we don’t see it in the natural, it doesn't mean it doesn't exist in the spirit. We don’t walk

by sight, we walk by faith. Now we start making preparations in the spirit based on what we know. We don’t walk around with our head down, because we know what God promised us. Hebrews 11:2-3 says, “For by it the elders obtained a good report. Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the Word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.” In the midst of a “Youth Uprising,” undergradu- ates have to be ready to prove our faith. When you go through something, God knows that you are in pursuit of some- thing awesome up the road. You will be met by many challenges throughout life. You have these challenges, because the devil is trying to block you, so it takes faith for you to get to your destiny. Whatever you need, God is. If you need a healing they tell me that He is a Balm in Gilead, If you need a breakthrough, God is a deliverer! God is a rewarder of those who diligently seeks him, those that won’t let situations devour them, and those that will keep their eye on the prize. These are the ones that receive the promises of God. You have to trust God without having a plan B. May God anoint and bless our under- graduates and the youth of our fraternity, that they may invoke a Youth Uprising. One that will give God glory for what he is getting ready to give us. One that will bring about Rebirth, Reclaim, Recom- mit, by leaving No Brother Behind: A Call and A Youth Uprising We must All Heed.

B rothers, and in particular only for an understanding of the Bible but also to life itself. A life without faith is taking a chance at every step you take, having no clue of where your feet may land. As you will recall, the Founders of our great fraternity were God fearing men, grounded in the principles of the Holy Writ. It is of the utmost importance that it remains the foundation of all our actions in our striving for “achievement in every field of human endeavor.” All of us have one thing in common: the pursuit of our dreams and our goals. We all want something out of the life we live. All of us should be after purpose, in pursuit of our dreams and goals. This is called destiny. We have it in our view and we understand clearly what it takes to get to it. It takes an incred- ible amount of faith to believe that it is possible, and we pursue it because we believe it exists. You have to prepare yourselves as you approach your dreams and goals. If you don’t prepare you don’t receive. Yes you might stumble on things in life that you undergraduate brothers, belief in the existence of God is absolutely foundational, not

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