I wonder if it's getting close to campmeeting?

"Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice insofar as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed." (1 Peter 4: 12,13)

Man, you can always tell when it is getting close to a great move of God. Campmeeting is coming up only a week from today, and the tests and trials are coming at me one after the other. It seems like whether it be youth camp, or campmeeting, it always gets really rough right before. I think that the lord allows this to happen to have basically, for lack of a better term, a boot camp for our faith. I believe that the Lord does this to strengthen us and prepare us for a great move of God. The verse that is above lets us know that we shouldn't be surprised when we encounter trials, because even though we share in Christ's sufferings, that one glorious day we shall also share when his glory is revealed!!

Sometimes comparisons help me understand things a little better. I like to compare these tests of faith to hitting in baseball. When a hitter is down in the count and has two strikes on him/her, the correct thing to do, in my opinion, is to choke up on the bat and just try to make contact. When the tests of faith come, we don't need to try to "hit a homerun"... all we need to remember is in whom we have believed! All we have to do in "anchor" down our faith to Jesus and what he did for us! Grab hold to Jesus and don't be shaken, and no matter what "pitch is thrown" You will hit a homerun!!!




forever jammin'

"Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens." J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973)