Lock-In

We had a lock-in last night. We were all tired and worn out from the day, most having endured a long day of work and an evening of bible study. We met at midnight and had a fruitful meeting until about 1:30 A.M. We then worked on VBS material long into the night.
As we were working, it struck me how curious the picture may seem to the outside world. Here we were, a group of relative strangers (at least with respect to me) at the house of another stranger some of us have never met before, making bubble wands and cutting out giant foam keys for kids 5,000 miles away whose names we don’t even know yet; at 3 in the morning despite working all day and suffering from sleep deprivation. Strange and curious indeed, upon thought.

In fact, all this would be absolutely insane and crazy if Jesus turns out to be false. No one in their right minds would sacrifice their time, energy, and money if they didn’t think there was something more valuable, more important than their sacrifice. No one in their right minds would spend their Friday evening punishing their bodies with work when they could be pursuing other pleasures, if they didn’t think their sacrifice gave them something greater in return. But we are a bunch who have faith and believe in our hearts that Jesus is who He says He is. We are here learning to give up our lives because we, like Peter, have confessed Jesus to be the Christ, the Son of the living God. Because we believe in the reality of Jesus, we do what otherwise is only madness; and because we have believed and have come to know the Christ, we gladly join together in love though stranger we be, to declare the reign of our Lord, Jesus Christ. What a privilege it is to be serving the Lord! Ok…got to go and make more of those keys…

I love you, everyone!! Keep up the good work! You're all doing a great job!