I am an alumnus of APU. I attended the recent Homecoming and happened to pick up a copy of The Clause and saw the article about Yik Yak. I was not familiar with this app, but my son (who is a student at APU) quickly filled me in and let me know that students of APU had posted a lot of filth about APU via Yik Yak. My son spared me the details, and I did not ask.
Why is this happening? As usual, the answers are in the Bible. In Jeremiah 17:9-10 the Lord told Jeremiah: “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; Who can know it? I, the Lord, search the heart, test the mind, even to give every man according to his way, according to the fruit of his doings.”
We are seeing what is in the heart of these students (assuming that students made these comments). How do we counter this? Your article suggested talking to others and encouraging people not to do this. That is a start.
Who is behind this? Satan. Satan is waging his usual spiritual warfare. In 2 Corinthians 10:3-5a, we are told: “For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments [Yik Yak comments] and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God.”
Our response to this attack on Yik Yak is prayer. Let’s say that of the thousands of students and faculty at APU (and alumni), only 100 of us care to pray about this. We decide to pray daily for the salvation of those attacking APU and we continue that prayer through the end of the school year. There are about 6 months left in the school year or 182 days; 100 prayers a day multiplied by 182 days equals 18,200 prayers! James 5:16b let us know that, “The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. “ How effective would 100 men and women praying be? Count me as one of the 100 who will pray daily until the end of the school year.
Thanks,
Doug Fagan 86’