Lightbulbs

It was Teen Week at West Kentucky Youth Camp this past week. During this week, the kids had ten (45 minute long) Bible lessons along with daily chapel, daily devos, singings, and free time. This was an awesome week...there was so much growth and fellowship...everybody seemed to have a Christ-like spirit...the kids were great!
In my class, we were studying Gideon in Judges 6-8. The main point of the whole lesson was: "what God says...goes!" In other words, when God tells us to do something, we better do it, and do it the way He tells us! We approached the pinnacle of Gideon's story of faith where he takes his 300 men, and defeats an army of Midianites with nothing but clay pots and trumpets (Judges 7:20) THAT WAS IT! Clay pots and trumpets!
Then...came the application: when God tells us to do something, we better do it, and do it the way He tells us. It was like the lightbulb in their heads suddenly lit up their whole brain! The switch was flicked from darkness to light. Watching the expressions on their faces...I could see that they got it! When God commands something to be done (no matter what others may think about it) you do it... period! Was it dumb to the rest of the world to carry pots and trumpets to a battle? Absolutely! But that's not the point! God said it...so Gideon did it!
So many times I find myself weighing the opinion of the world against what I do, or weighing the opinion of my friends against what I do. Listen, self, the only weight I need to balance myself with is God and His Word! If what I am doing, or saying, or posting, or typing, or Googling, or watching isn't balancing out with what GOD has said...that's all I need to know. Easier said than done, I know...but it's the truth, nonetheless. Has your lightbulb went off?