Campers

Today our middle school students are at camp. Our children are coming back from camp. Camp is a defining moment in many young people's lives. They get out there away from the distractions of all their stuff and normal routines and they get to hear from God. In that moment they have to make a choice. They have to decide whether or not they can and will trust God with their life or if they are going to look to something or someone else to provide for them to give them security and significance.

Please pray for them and ask God to send His Holy Spirit to do a fresh work in their lives. Pray that they will chose to submit their live to Jesus. Pray for the leaders that are caring for them. Also pray for those that are teaching them.

In my devotion time I am finishing up the book of Joshua. I love this book because we get to see good leadership, community at work, and faithfulness on God's part and on the part of His people.

In Joshua 24 the people are challenged to make a decision about how they are going to relate to God.

Joshua 24:14-15 “Now fear the Lord and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your forefathers worshiped beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. 15But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”

This is a decision that our campers are making this week. It is a decision that we all have to make each day.

So as far as today goes, who you will serve today? Will you serve God and look to Him to give your life joy, purpose, and meaning? Or will you look to stuff or your job or a relationship with another person or something else created to provide you with joy, purpose and meaning?

Choose Jesus. He's the best.