Color Wars

When our kids go to Camp Siloam for a week of summer camp they are always excited about a camp wide competition called Color Wars. Every church group is assigned a color, either red or blue. Every day there is a huge group activity involving all the campers and many of the sponsors. They get points each day and by the end of the week a winner in determined.

Our group has been on the blue team for the last four years. Many of the students have been together every summer and brought their blue shirts and hats to show their blue pride. This year they did not tell us what team we were on until we checked into camp. Of course, this year we are on the … Red Team.

I thought the kids would be sad about the color change. I was sad for them. But kids being kids they took it all in stride. The girls asked for red paint and talked about trading with a church that came prepared to be red but ended up blue. Matt found red bandanas for all the kids and they were happy with that.

The kids were not upset about the color change because they did not go to camp to identify with a color of clothing. They were prepared to go to camp to be with their friends and learn more about Jesus.

Jesus told a story about heaven in which he compared the kingdom of heaven to a wedding banquet. (Matthew 22) In the parable, (a story with a message), Jesus tells about a King who had invited guests to a wedding for his son. But those who were invited mistreated the messengers so the King said they were unworthy. He sent his servants to invite everyone they could find. When the King came to see his guests he found one who was not dressed for a wedding and asked how he got in there without wedding clothes. The king had him thrown out, into outer darkness.

The story is about being prepared for heaven. We have been invited and we know it is a special occasion for the King. We need to look, live, and act like we are going to see the King.

Bro. Robin