TomorrowLand

I am sitting on the edge of my summer, simply waiting to dive into the ocean of craziness they call summer camp. Amidst keeping my training up, pouring into my kampers, and growing closer to Jesus, it is easy to loose perspective in times like these. If you are around any college kid long enough, a subject that will almost always come up in conversation is summer plans. "What are you doing this summer?" "Gosh, I can't wait foir summer!" "Summer is coming soon." All are comments heard on college campuses everywhere. This is just one example of a people that look forward to something. We all partake in this, whether we look forward to marriage, college, summer, or a football game. We attempt to make these future plans we have a sort of pinnacle to acheive. As if once we reach this certain place, then life will be all it is supposed to be. We all have something we just can't wait to take part in. In some capacity, we all buy into the lie that once we reach, conquer, overcome, or accomplish a certain thing(s), then we will be complete. I fall into this same trap, and it is just that, a trap. The moment we begin looking to the future, wishing we were in some other season of life, is the very moment we lose the opportunity to lay hold of what we have in the present. We look to the future, and the present loses its signifcant. Thus, we make our way through life looking down the road, and we fail to take in the breath-taking and beautiful wonder that surrounds us in whatever season of life we may find ourselves in.

My favorite movies are Lord of the Rings, and I have a friend who has only seen the third one. So he cannot understand nor can he fully appreciate the significance of the only movie he has seen because he has no background of the story. So it is with us when we are so quick to move forward and ignore the greatness of what the Lord is unfolding before our very eyes.

I look to summer, and the motivation to work in school fades. I wish I was married, and I can't appreciate the brotherhood I have been blessed with. How arrogant? With our anxiety we spit in the face of our Creator telling him that the road he has us on is not good enough to satisfy our hearts. We tell him we need something more, yet I question if I would have this attitude if I truly sought the Lord in the present instead of looking for what He has in store for me. We are so easily consumed by lovers less wild, and the most fierce of all loves in found right where we stand, it is not at the end of a yellow brick road, or a long journey. But grace emerses us if we simply allow ourselves to stand in the present. If we truly believed that God has plans to prosper us and give us hope and a future, not to harm us, then we can take a deep breath and begin to simply live. I complicate things by planning, and if I simply allowed my God to lead me, then I would truly be satifsied. Fulfilling His perfect will for me by bringing glory to Him in all that we do... right now. My prayer is that we would simply allow the pages of life to be turned by the one and only Author, and we would stop attempting to skip ahead on this incredible adventure that the Lord promises us. May we begin to be captivated by the present, and by our faithfulness to the here and now, cultivate a sweeter, more glorifying and satisfying future. Live today as if it was truly enough to fill your soul.