Better Than Meeting Tebow

When  God didn't answer this prayer by the end of school, I questioned God, I told Him I did not understand why, when we had done what His Word said, He did not come through and fulfill this request. There is a good chance that God showed me just why He has waited to fulfill it.
     Towards the end of the school year I had begun to lift each of my sophomores up to God by name, asking Him to use this prayer to accomplish in each of their lives what He wanted to. I have known for several months that God wanted to do something big in and through the lives of these kids. This past week, God definitely did something big in at least one of their lives.
     I had the privilege of being a counselor at our church's teen camp. The preaching was AMAZING!!!! It seemed that every morning's challenge and every evening's message was some word or reminder from God of things He has said, taught and promised in this journey. So much so, in fact, that I began to think maybe I was reading things into the messages. Two of my sophomore girls and I were spending some time in prayer for Tebow and they talked about how it seemed God had been encouraging and reminding them all week in the messages and in their own devotions to remain faithful to the prayer and their commitment. That made me feel so much better, it wasn't just me, God was talking to them too. The last night of camp was a powerful one. Five of our young men surrendered to full time ministry, some feeling that God was leading them to become preachers. As exciting as that is, the most exciting part to me is that one of those young men was one of my sophomores. One I have been praying for months, "God, do something in his life. Use this journey, God, to let Him make a decision for you."
     I have often prayed that all of my students will stay faithful til the end of this journey, that when God fulfills this, their prayers of thanksgiving will not have to begin first with a time of confessing their lack of faith. Two weeks ago, I began to pray that if any of them had walked away from this commitment that they would walk back so they could be present when God brings the victory. The minute I saw that young man stand and publicly announce God's call on his life I knew this was one, if not THE reason why God has delayed His answer, one of my kids needed to walk back.
     I don't know for sure that this guy had walked away from the commitment and the prayer. I know he has said that in the past he has struggled with praying, perhaps he had quit when school ended. All I know is that after last night, he has definitely put himself back in place to be present when the victory comes.
     I can not express the joy that comes in seeing first-hand God indeed do something big in the life of one of my students...meeting Tebow can not equal the joy and excitement I feel in this moment.