SHUT UP!

There is nothing better than waking up early on the beach, watching the sun rise, while spending time with God in His word. This was my life for about 4 days last week when we took about 140 of our students to Gulf Shores, AL for Beach Camp. It was Amazing! I made the decision to wake up early every morning and study the book of Zephaniah while I was there.

Day one was Zephaniah chapter one verse 7 where he warns the people of Judah to "Be silent before the Lord God..." That one verse has stuck with me for the last 7 days.

It's easy for me to talk to God and tell him what I need.
It's fairly easy for me to think about the Goodness of God, or sing songs to Him about Him.
I can open His word and read about him (in fact I do that quite often.)
I LOVE to talk to other people about God and how awesome He is.

But...It is a struggle for me to be silent before the Lord God. Heck, it's hard for me to be silent before anyone.
I think an important part in our journey with God, is to be willing to be silent before Him. That means turn off the TV, the ipod, ipad and macbook (I'm talking to myself here) turn off the lights and SHUT UP. Be silent before the Lord.

My challenge to myself is to spend a few minutes in the morning and in the evening in silence. Forget about what I have to do the next day, or what I didn't do today. Forget about everything around me and SHUT UP...Be Silent before the Lord God!

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Who wants to be king???

When I was a kid, my favorite fast food restaurant to eat at was Burger King. Not because they had the best burgers because a place in town called Pinocchio's did. Nor was it because of their fries...we all know McDonald's has the best fries. The reason I loved going to Burger King was because if you got a Kids Meal, they would give you a Free Burger King Crown. I would walk around wearing that crown like I was King of the world. I even tried to get my parents to call me "your highness" but that didn't go over too well.

Whether we want to admit it or not, we all desire to rule and be King of some area in our lives.
I spent the week in Elko, Nevada at an AMAZING Christian Camp in the mountains called "Cowboy's Rest," teaching students through the book of 2 Samuel. I taught on the second half of King David’s life, where everyone around him attempted to become King in his place... His generals, his enemies and even his family.

The question of the week was "Who wants to be King?" The answer is we all do at some point in our lives. Just as David (a man after God's own heart), surrendered his kingdom to God, we must also allow God to rule our lives. Not just in some areas but in all areas.

1 Peter 3:15 says, "Sanctify Christ as Lord (King) in your hearts"

check out some of the photos from our trip to Elko, Nevada...