Take Jesus on Vacation

Church, Maui style

Hey, have you ever taken a vacation, and when you come back home you feel dry spiritually?  I have.  But not these days.  Vacation is a great time to re-charge in every way: with your family, and with yourself, and of course, with God.  

Pastor Steve Santos, Calvary Chapel Westside, Maui. 

I like something Pastor John Bristol has said a couple of times in church…let’s see if I can get this right.  It’s something like this:  we all need to have a time each day where we set aside the time to pause and reflect, and we all need to take a day each week that is set aside for worship and family, and we all need a time once a year where we completely unplug and leave the area for re-charging.  So true.

But so often, we remember to take care of all the other areas except the one that will truly give us re-creation.  I am ashamed that the last time I did that I was already in the ministry.  We were so busy and occupied with having fun and seeing everything that we could see, and in the meantime my spiritual well-being drained out….and when I got home I felt like I needed somebody to pump me up like you would pump up a bicycle tire.

I encourage you to take Jesus on vacation with you this summer.