Discipleship...

So here's a question for you - why is it that when it is camp, the youth get so charge up for God? Is it because they are psychologically set to be spiritually high? It's like watching a scary movie in the theatre compared to stumbling upon one on tv. On tv, it's not as scary because you havent' prepped yourself for it. In a theatre, you're ready to be scared. Is it the same way with youth camp? Are our hearts set to be filled by God or not? My point is that if our hearts are set to be filled by God at camp, then that is what happens - we get filled by God. We open our hearts up and we actively seek God. We want to be filled by Him. We want to be with Him. We seek Him and we find Him. So why isn't it like that regularly? Is it because when we leave the camp site, when we enter the normal routine world we grew up in, we turn the faucet off. It's like we stop seeking God, we stop looking for Him in every conversation and in every sermon. Is it that we don't call out to Him and open our hearts to Him anymore? Do we give into the distractions? It is up to you to seek God. If you go to camp and puposefully ignore all that is being said to you and worship half heartedly, what happens? You won't get that 'filling' that we all want. Isn't it the same during the week?
The other thing is, as leaders, we need to analyze ourselves. Are we giving our best only when it is youth camp? Are we actively seeking out the youth to help them, to talk to them, to be with them, to point them to Christ? Are we ready to witness and share the gospel as much as we are at camp as we are each day? When I go into my Y-Group to teach, I know I"m not giving my best. I ask for forgiveness every week, because I know I could have given so much more. Yet at camp, we are prepared. Speakers are ready to rock the world of everyone there. Why can't we be that prepared each Sunday? Why can't we say that we are gonig to make a difference each day to the point that we get minstered too? Do we give in to the busy body mentality and are involved in a million ministries, yet don't actually get to give our best in any of them? My best has to be for God. If I'm not giving it, I must ask what it is that I am doing wrong.
I've been thinking for awhile, actually, about dropping out of one ministry. Why? I've lost the passion for it. I look at it and I can see that anyone can take that spot and do just as good a job. I need to be there for people to really pour into the lives of others. I don't like giving up. It's more that God has a new calling for me. that chapter in my life is done. I'm still praying about it, but some of you will probably know about it in a week or so.
What can you do? What can you do each day to keep that, what we cal, spiritual high going? What can you do so taht your love for God stays strong always?