Jesus Will Meet You There

As I was making final preparations for our time at camp this morning, Steven Curtis Chapman's song "Jesus Will Meet You There" came on my Pandora. As I listened to the song's beautiful and simple message, I had to stop what I was doing and go to the Lord in prayer and ask for His forgiveness that I have been worrying so much about what I needed to do to make this trip a success. So often, I get caught up in what I am doing and the ideas I can come up with and the people that I can affect for the gospel, and I too often overlook this simple truth- that people are not drawn to the Father through ME, they are drawn to the Father through Christ, and I need only be obedient to lift Him up and make Him famous, and the results of that can be left up to God.

So, as the week continues and our camp departure draws ever-nearer, I would ask that you would join along in praying with me. Pray for all of the students and leaders who are attending camp next week. Pray for the leadership of the camp as well as the speaker, Chris Brooks, and the worship leader, David Walker. But most of all, pray that in spite of all our plans and programs and events, that more than anything else Christ will be lifted high during our time together and that He will draw us to Himself. May our worship and our time in His word be life-changing, for us and others as well.