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Keeping it Alive!

So many times when we have a wonderful experience at camp, we have this fear about not living up to our promises or losing that “feeling” we had. That is a concern for me as I think back to the time I spent at Glorieta. I have been so challenged by and excited about what God is doing in my life. I don’t want to come back home and lose that excitement and forget the commitments. How do I keep the commitments and excitement.

Elijah, gives us a good game plan. Right after he had defeated the prophets of Baal, he lost the excitement and commitment he had made to God when he was at Mt. Carmel. After he had witnessed God’s victory he ran from his enemies and didn’t keep the lessons he learned. When he got to the point that he couldn’t run anymore he finally asked God to restore him. We do the same thing. Instead of keeping our focus on God and the victories we see him win we tend to focus on our problems and fears. We must come to the point that instead of focusing on the problems, we must focus on the problem solver.

When we get to the point that we keep Christ first in our lives we are able to continue to have the excitement and commitment that we make during our camp experience. We must make our time with God a daily thing. We love camp because we meet God there. What we must remember is not to leave him there.