Camp Wetoga

I was blessed to have been involved as a counselor at a youth camp a month ago at Camp Wetoga in Blue Ridge, Georgia. Having already been a part of many youth conferences, week-long retreats, mission trips, and camps, I knew mostly what to expect; late nights with rowdy teens, early mornings with tired teens, and a couple of nights with powerful worship and confessions of faith followed by baptisms. You could say I knew what to expect for the most part. It wasn’t my first youth trip. So I entered ready to serve thinking I knew exactly everything I was going to face. God had different plans. As a young adult attending a youth camp, you think that the youth camp is generally designed for the spiritual growth of the teens. You see, my job is simply to plant seeds, offer support, prayer, and insight. But why does it stop there? Because of my age, am I now done with learning and growing? Is my purpose now only to help foster growth in younger people? By no means! There’s never a day that God doesn’t work in your life, so why do we believe there’s an expiration date on our spiritual growth? God brought me to this place for a purpose that I was thirsting to know. His message was clear; “Stop everything you are doing and pay attention. The next couple of days I want all of your praise, all of your worship, all of your thoughts, all of your worries, all of your burdens, all of your baggage, all of your guilt, your friends, your relationships, your family, all of your love, and all of your trust. Through these things I will show you just a mere glimpse of my infinite, majestic glory.” I gave my life to God a little over 6 years ago, all of these things I put into His hands the evening of February 20, 2005. Isn’t it funny, how He asked for all of that…again? As if I took it back. There’s a point where we become comfortable in our lives. The day-to-day schedule doesn’t vary and we begin to expect the things of today to remain for tomorrow. With this mentality, we grow farther and farther away. God is here today, so of course he’ll be here tomorrow, so I’ll just pray then. Church is in a couple of days, so I’ll just worship then. I don’t feel like dealing with my struggles this week, but next week, that’ll be when I really get after it! Do your expectations ever dictate your plans? When was the last time you let God’s plan intercede? Each day we should expect to have God’s love and grace consume us as we continuously seek Him. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again. 2 Corinthians 5:15

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