Well, hey there blog. I remembered you! Let's catch up.
This summer I have been the bible study teacher at a day
camp. I have been teaching 1-6th graders for 10 weeks about
different characters in the bible and what we can learn from them. Not only
have I learned invaluable things, but I have also enjoyed being in the word
every day. Yes, I would get tired of teaching the same lesson 6 times in a row,
but that is different. Not all of the lessons would go the same, especially
with the older kids. Sometimes we would get off on different subjects and such,
which was always interesting and thought provoking.
So tomorrow I will clock out for the last time as the “Camp
Pastor.” (You like that title don’t you!) (At first I thought it was super
intimidating) Tomorrow we are having a Day Camp banquet were we get to meet the
parents and they can view a slide show and watch a video about what their kids
did all summer, so that will be good.
As camp pastor I get to lead the whole group in a mini
devotional. Less than 5 minutes really. So I chose to talk about obedience. Really
Kelsey? That is what you chose? Well, yes.
As we were doing the character studies, I noticed that most
of them had something in common- they obeyed God. Not all of them wanted to, or
had a choice, but they still did it. And for that, they should be commended.
I want to joyfully obey. I don’t want to ever think that
obeying God is something to dread. I know that everything here on earth is
groaning for something great- for the glory of God to be revealed. And if
obeying God’s wonderful commands gets me even a tiny bit closer to getting a
glimpse of that glory, I’ll take it. Gladly.
So what happens when we don’t obey? Well… each case is
different I suppose. But one thing doesn’t change: God’s plan will be carried
out. I will just miss out on a part of it.
I heard somewhere that we should be asking ourselves a
different question than “What would Jesus do?” Rather it should be, “How would
Jesus do it?” Right?
I have been thinking about this question. And the answer to
my question was that Jesus would not have done what I did. Not that I have
committed some horrendous act or anything, but I didn’t obey. So I sinned.
Gosh, the day I realized what I just confessed, it was hard. I chose to do
something my way because I thought it was the easy way out. Instead it has
proved to be something difficult and I have to “suffer” the consequences. If I
had chosen a different path, maybe it would have been hard too, but at least it
would have been right.
So lesson learned. I need to be in prayer way more than I am
now, in order to hear the sweet voice of my Savior that tells me where to go. I
do know that the Lord gives me responsibilities and sometime I just need to
choose something. Many choices that we make about things do not even matter in
the long run. But, I know Jesus
wants to talk to me about them anyway.
Joyfully obey. Ok, I think I got it.
Well, I really want to get it at least.
So where are you on the obedience scale from 1 to 10? Pretty
low? Somewhere in the middle? Higher end? Talk to Jesus about it. After all, He
is the only thing that really matters.
-Sincerely,
Kelsey
