So What's Next?

So What's Next? That's the question we ask after we come from an exhilarating, exciting experience. Maybe that's what you ask after you come off the roller coaster that everyone talked about at the amusement park. "That was great; so what's next?" Maybe it's what you ask after a great family party. "It was great hanging together like this; so what's next?"

I think that was the question the disciples asked after seeing Jesus' glory up on the mountain as recorded in Matthew 17. Imagine they saw him revealed as God; what could be more perfect. Peter says, "Lord I wish we could just stay here." But Jesus says no. We have to go down. And I'm sure those three disciples thought, "So What's Next?"

Wouldn't it be great if our Christian life were filled with awesome worship gatherings every day where Jesus muzik is played, other people who are trying to live right are around us and we are having fun. That would be, that would be...heaven.

But for right now God has called us to live like ambassadors here on earth. What's next...the disciples found out when they encountered a man and his crazy son. The truth is after a great spiritual experience we will encounter some craziness! Some crazy situations and crazy people.

Here's the cool part about what's next: whatever we face in the crazy situations of life, God has downloaded the strength unto us to be able to face it. Jesus healed that crazy boy.

So after Youth Congress 2009, what's next is wii continue to serve. It may mean reaching out to someone at school who doesn't understand Jesus like we do and repping Christ for them. It may mean we react differently when the devil brings craziness our way. What's next is life and not just life as before but a new life of service to God and others. That's what's next!