“The camper gets the seat.”
_Eric Lacks, State Youth & Discipleship Director for the Church of God in Michigan
When I heard Eric say, “The camper gets the seat,” that told me pretty much all I needed to know about him.
The context for his statement was summer youth camp and it was made to his volunteer staff who would be working at camp.
No entitlements.
No special privileges.
It’s not about us.
We are not here to be served; we are here to serve.
I knew that day that I had a State Youth Director I could trust and that the campers were in good hands.
The ONE THING for today: Your influence comes not from the position you hold, but from the position you take.
After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded.
John 13:5
