Week 1 2010

I failed to post during the first week of camp for a number of reasons, 34 reasons to be exact! We had an amazing week with all 34 campers and 14 staff for our first week of the 2010 summer season.
Wow! HOT!! That is what really described the first week of camp. I have never experienced a time at Big Oak for worship that was as hot as Sunday June 13. I would even say dangerously hot with not a hint of a breeze. The corn has grown high in the field and blocks the breeze from the field and the air was still and muggy. Sounds great, right? All were drenched in sweat as Daniel Kuzbary delivered a message about God and Man that begins to tell the story of this wonderful Gospel message.
As we groaned in the heat, I was reminded of the worth of the message being preached. Many people will wait in line for days in the extreme heat or cold for concert tickets or the newest electronic device. Parents will brave 5am lines the day after Thanksgiving to get what their child wants for Christmas but what are we willing to endure for the sake of the Gospel?!! I would say that our actions reveal our worship and treasure.
My prayer is that as the seed of the Gospel grows in the hearts of many this summer that it might become a treasure as valuable as water that eliminates thirst, bread that ends hunger, a priceless pearl, a light with endless power and that we might be willing to as the Apostle Paul says consider everything else as loss compared to the surpassing knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.