It was amazing to see God working in the hearts of the young people at teen camp.  I had the privilege of being a counselor and seeing first hand God working in the hearts of my campers.  

One of the neat things that I saw was one of the campers in my cabin take a spiritual lead.  Even though young, he seems to be a natural leader.  During free time I would often see him off by himself reading the Bible.  

Every night, before going to bed, he would open up his bible, along with the devotional "My Daily Bread, " and start reading it.  The other campers would gather around him to read with him. He would start assigning his fellow companions the specific passages of scriptures to read and all the while I would sit back and let it happen...without any pressure or nudging from me.  This was one of the highlights of their day.  It was a great thing to witness.

However, each morning I reminded them that during a week such as camp, it is easy to be "spiritual."  It is easy to focus on scripture, the Lord, etc. because there are no outside influences.  It is a week completely without TV, Internet, video games, email, cell phones, etc.  AAAHH!!!  What do we do?  :)  

So I proposed the question, "what are you going to do two weeks from now, one month from now when you are out of this environment of good preaching every night and Christians on every side?  The decisions that you made this week, will they stick, last and will you remember them one month from now?"  

Unfortunately, as we have all seen, many decisions made during camp don't last and two weeks to a month later, that person who made the decision is the same ole person they were before they made the decision, or worse.  

So, every morning, during our devotional time, I reminded them of this and I told them that the Christian life is not a success because of the decisions you made in camp or during a church service.  The Christian life is a daily walk with God.  It is a decision to wake up EVERY morning and say, I am going to follow my Lord today!  I am going to obey my Lord today!  Yes, the decisions in camps and conferences are great, but the way we keep those decisions and live them is to wake up every morning and make the decision that we are going to remember the decision we made, follow the decision according to God's Word, and obey what God has told us to do.  It is a daily, consistent, action.  THERE IS NO SECRET TO THE CHRISTIAN LIFE!  We must decide daily  to follow our Lord.