Our week with 8th and 9th graders at "church camp" was drawing to a close and the burden of knowing that many of the campers were returning to hostile environments was on my heart. Searching for how best to prepare them for the transition I believe the Lord reminded me of how He sent out his disciples while He walked the earth. He sent them out with nothing. Nothing. Doesn't seem like good leadership until you realize He was putting them in a place of dependence and trust on the Lord their God. He was putting them in a place of seeing His faithfulness, in every meal, in every bed to sleep in, in every cold cup of water, in every bath. His ways our not our ways.
His question to them upon their return is powerful, "Did you lack anything?".
I sent you out with nothing.
Wasn't it grand to see that the Father provided everything?
Wasn't it beautiful to be in a place of total dependence on Him?
The contrast between His way and our way could not be greater or more striking.
His question to them upon their return is powerful, "Did you lack anything?".
I sent you out with nothing.
Wasn't it grand to see that the Father provided everything?
Wasn't it beautiful to be in a place of total dependence on Him?
The contrast between His way and our way could not be greater or more striking.
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