The Camp Theme

Survive, Thrive, Revive !!!

This is the theme for Youth Camp this December. I believe that many of us will be refreshed by the Word of God again and we will return from this camp not empty handed but with promises to claim and a God to glorify. Among the many camps that I have attended, one thing that encourages me is that the youths never fail to receive what they desired for in the camp itself. Many can give testimonies of how God has answered their prayers and how they experienced personal breakthroughs during that time.

I would like to share how i view the theme for this upcoming Youth Camp. The word "survive" means to remain functional or usable by God even in situations where it seemed to difficult. As a youth, I understand that sometimes we tend to be rebellious and we break the rules. But God wants us to listen to Him and obey what He commands us to do because He has a greater purpose than what we can see or imagine. For example, He will want us to reach out to our nonbeliever friends but we must first place ourselves in a place where we are walking right with God so that it is a good testimony to our friends. He certainly does not want us to be in a place where we invalid ourselves from being used by Him. We may just miss the opportunity because He can raise up another faithful servant who would listen to Him.

Secondly, I think that God wants us to grow in our relationship with Him. At this age of our lives, we can be easily distracted by our studies, friends and other activities and sometimes we forget that we have a God that wants us to spend time with Him too. For many of us, we know that He is always there when we need Him but we forget that He created us to have fellowship with Him. This will speak to all the youths about remembering our first love.

I like the last bit of the theme of this camp which says "revive". I know that this Youth Camp will be remembered because God will restore and renew strength in us. He will increase our strength in ways which we will know that it is only from Him. His strength will be immeasurable and His Word says that those who hope on the Lord will renew their strength. As we seek Him and ask from Him, He will certainly give to us the strength for a new year to come. This strength will be the engine that drives the youth to serve God with a greater passion and to trust in Him the things that He wants us to do.

Youth Camp this year will be an exciting time in life to experience the reality of God once again.