Recalibrate

Back from kids camp and what an incredible experience for all the kids. It was awesome to see God touch each one of the kids from the Albany campus in different ways, not to mention the friendships that where made and deepened.

To be honest God had something up his sleeve for me that I didn’t expect – lots of time with no cell phone, no computer, just a bible, a book and lots of time. And boy did I need it. More than I could have imagined. Life has a way of sapping your connection with God, and certainly spending time with him on a daily basis keeps that connection alive. But sometimes, and this was one of those times for me, there needs to be a recalibration, a disengaging and getting reconnected, refocused, rejuvenated. Camp provided me with the opportunity to be alone with Jesus and for him to challenge me, and begin to work some change in me. I so identify with the last section of  “It” by Craig Groeschel… embarassed to say that but it’s true nonetheless. (BTW if you haven’t purchased “It” yet I can’t encourage you strongly enough to do so). We can be so busy doing the things that God’s called us to that we don’t spend the time we desperately need to with the One who called us in the first place. As Ken Malmin used to recite in many of his PBC classes, God has called us to be human beings, not human doings.

So here’s my encouragement to you today – find a way (take a couple of days, or a Saturday or Sunday) and find a quiet, unconjested place and spend some time with Him. It will recalibrate your soul.