A Camp "High"

 

As Super Summer was coming to an end one of Pastor Mike’s closing remarks was that the “Camp High” could be taken home with us but it was truly up to each individual to keep that fanned to flame within them.  How do you go about doing that?  He shared to be determined!

 

I got to thinking about how I can become more focused and what I would need to do to accomplish keeping my faith where it needs to be.  You and I have to be determined to shut the world out at times and make Jesus a priority.  To disconnect for a set amount of time from anything that keeps me away from being able to get alone, quiet and still before God.  That I/we need to make our time with Him quality as He desires us to invest in Him. 

 

To be hungry for God’s truths and His Word and I couldn’t help but to call to mind Psalm 119:131 that I had read earlier in the morning in my own quiet/devotion time with God, it reads, "I open my mouth and pant, longing for your commands.” I had also written down in my journal from my quiet time to share with the students vs. 133 that generally says to not let sin rule over me, vs. 134 to be redeemed from the oppression of men (peers) and how I felt this was vital to in turn have victory over “how” we had come to camp and that we didn’t have to return home in the same fashion.  If we would become determined and soak ourselves with truth, we could over come and continue becoming changed men and women of God. 

 

I had been working through the book of Psalms for July and August and as I camped on Psalm 126:1-3 it caused me to reflect upon the “Camp High”. 

 

“When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dreamed.  Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy.  Then it was said among the nations, ‘The Lord has done great things for them.’  The Lord has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy.”

 

Father, As You continue restoring us, Your sons and daughters that are no longer orphans, having returned us from Super Summer to our homes in Ulysses may You increase our dreams to be outside of the box.  That our mouths would be filled with laughter and our mouths sing joyfully of all that You’ve done within us and for us.  Father, may we continue allowing You to change us so we wouldn’t return here the same as when we left.  Thank You Jesus, Amen.

 

Soaring because of what God has done,

Yolanda at Higher Grounds