I’m still struggling to put into words my experience at camp. I know I’m not the only one, so there must be a reason for that. Perhaps because it is something you simply just have to experience for yourself.
Anyway, I want to share something with you that God revealed to me, about myself, at training camp.
It was during one of our sessions on the 8th day of camp, and the speaker mentioned about a point in his life where he was always asking God what His plans were for his life rather than just seeking a relationship with Him.
(I don’t remember if this was a main point of his talk or just a quick note, but either way I knew immediately it was meant for me.)
The more I thought about what he said the more I realized that’s what I was doing. Almost every time I talked to God or spent time alone with Him I was asking Him questions like “God, where should I be serving? Where do you want me to work? What should I be doing with my life?”.
Instead of going to Him as a son seeking to spend time with his Father, I was going to Him as a worker seeking direction from his boss. Oh how much more God is to us than a boss.
I even signed up for this World Race hoping it would give me the direction I was seeking! Not realizing (until now) that He was calling me to this Race to spend 11 months walking with Him, getting to know Him, becoming more like His son Jesus Christ.
And I realize now that’s what He was trying to tell me when I kept seeing the verse Matthew 6:33 everyday.
“But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.”
Wow. God just confirmed all of that to me as I am sitting here writing this.
I decided to read a few verses before that one as I was looking it up write it down. And in verse 31, Jesus is teaching about not being anxious and asking questions like “What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?”
God is good, is He not?
With all that being said, that doesn’t mean He isn’t going to give me direction on my Race or that you and I can’t ask Him for guidance. It simply means that you and I (especially) should seek to grow in our relationship with the Father as his sons and daughters ABOVE seeking anything from Him.
May God bless you. And thanks for reading!
