PYV West Camp 2018 – Day Four (Final day)

What a beautiful morning.

I know you’re wondering how many people were ready for breakfast at 8.00 this morning. Well . . . the truth is . . . I don’t know. I was late to breakfast.

But I have an excuse. You see, on the final day of most camps, we need to get all our stuff out of the dorms by 9.00am and I was just trying to get ahead of things. I can let you know that by the time I did get to the dining room, it looked like everyone else was there. After breakfast, everyone was sent back to their rooms to make sure that they were packed and ready before our worship session.

In our worship today we had the chance to hear a testimony from Rebekah Daffy. She was honest about some life issues, and encouraging in her confidence in God. It is good to hear testimonies at our camps, and I believe it is something that our teenagers need to hear more. Are the teenagers in your church hearing the testimonies of others in your church? If not, why not?

Jared’s preaching today was from Proverbs 3:1-12, a passage which contains some very familiar statements. Today we learned the secret to wisdom. “The Secret”.

And the secret of wisdom is to know God. Not just knowing that God exists, but knowing God personally – to have a relationship with God. This relationship is characterised by a love for God, trusting God, and importantly submitting to God. There were some great comments in the sermon, and these stood out for me:

You can’t learn wisdom without humility.

When we say, “I don’t like what God says about something” we are leaning on our own understanding.

If you have someone from home or church attending this camp, please talk with them about what they have learned. I can assure you that they have heard some very good things, and I hope they have learned something as well.

PYV camps don’t happen without a lot of work from a lot of people. Jesse and Naomi Crabb worked as conveners and built an outstanding team of leaders around them. We had experienced leaders, and quite a few new leaders at the camp, and they have made a solid impression on our campers. They’ve certainly impressed me too.

The recordings of the talks, and photos and videos will be on www.pyv.org.au in the next week (hopefully). Keep an eye out for them.

West Camp 2019 will be at Norval again, but next year will be a weekend camp starting on Saturday April 6, which is the first weekend of the school holidays. Don’t miss it. 

(Thanks to our music team. You were great.)