Going into the Utah trip, I expected to grow in my ability to defend what is true, and although that did happen, it was not necessarily my biggest takeaway. Instead, what I learned and grew in the most was letting the Lord be in control. We started off the trip at Temple Square, and the moment I walked onto that ground, I could feel the spiritual warfare. This made me recognize that this world truly is much more than flesh and bone.
On day two, we were blessed with the opportunity to engage in conversations with students on BYU’s campus. We got to speak to six different people about the differences between Evangelical Christianity and LDS. However, when debriefing on the day, I felt like I could have done a better job of articulating my points.
On day three, we got to go to Snow College and go door-to-door. This was when we met a young woman named Neshwa. She was from India and a Hindu, which was pretty shocking considering her community is mostly LDS. During this conversation, we got to share the Gospel three times! The other conversation from that day was much less encouraging. We talked to two guys, and I just felt again like I had not done a good enough job, much like the day before. However, later that night during debrief, I was reflecting on the day’s conversations, and I came to a realization.
When I felt like what I said was not enough, I was implying and believing that God’s power was not enough.
This pushed me to a moment of repentance and surrender of my pride and selfishness.
On day four, I went in with a heart posture of “not by my power or words, but Yours, Lord.” Despite my fleshly brain asking me sometimes, I now rest in the fact that God works with whatever I say. As Romans 3 says, “no one understands…no one does good,” but Ephesians says that we have Christ dwelling in our hearts and that He is “able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power within us.” God is my ultimate provider. He provided me with a way out of sin through Jesus’ death, and He provided me with the Holy Spirit to empower me when telling people about the good news, which is the Gospel.
Wade Scharff, Class of 2027
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