over 4,000 feet and then landed keeping his head, which was only 12 inches from the tarmac, from hitting the pavement. It took airport personnel several minutes to unfreeze and unlock Henry's grip on the ladder for he had held on so tightly. We are called to wait and hold on. Yesterday afternoon I got back from spending a week at Kia Kima Boy Scout Summer Camp. They put up a rock range near the shooting range. A rock throwing range. Three empty juice cans hung from a horizontal pole where boys could throw rocks at them. As I drove by with a carload of Scouts, I pointed out the rock range. One Scout in the back seat, very innocently asked, 'Where do you get the rocks?' The other Scouts laughed at the absurdity of the question, so I pulled over, looked up at a nearby tree, and said, 'Here is one tree that produces rocks, but it is not in bloom yet.' The other Scouts said to the quizzical Scout, 'You did not just ask Mr. Riley where do you get rocks!' When God appeared to Moses in chapter 34, Moses fell down and worshipped. We are to wait on God. We are to worship God. When Troop 86 met at the church to leave for summer camp, we prayed and worshipped God. When we got to the campsite, we asked God to guide. Sunday morning we had our own worship service. Wednesday night vespers, we led 450 other scouts in worship. When we got back to the church after unpacking the trailer, we worshipped. There was a man, a valiant Christian, that was trapped in a hotel fire. He was burned over 90% of his body. He wanted to be able to read the Bible, but he was blind. He had learned braille. But what was he to use? His hands and fingers were tested and found to be too burned to be able to read. His feet were tested with the same negative results. He determined that he was, however, able to use his tongue. And because he wanted to worship God, with his tongue, he read through the Bible three times. Worship is more than a matter of the heart. It's a commitment. It's ok to have questions. When troop 86 got to camp, there were a lot of questions, but we waited and we worshiped. When we left camp, we left the campsite cleaner than when we found it. We made a difference. We made a lot of memories. We glorified God. It is like our own lives. We come into the world bare. We leave this world bare. But do we make a difference for the Kingdom by waiting, by worshipping, and by glorifying God? What do we do in the interim? Troop 86 won the Tech Challenge. Troop 86 won the water carnival which involved the Scoutmaster doing a face-front bellyflop off a moving dock-even though yours truly fell flat on his face. I was going up against a gentleman who was about 290 pounds and six foot seven. When he hit the water, he displaced half the lake. There was no way I could have won that. But what the water carnival director told me later was that our guys cheered so much. Isn't that what a church is supposed to be as we go through the process of falling flat on our face. We won because we cheered the guy who fell flat on his face. We won the Golden Dust Pan award for best campsite. I mean with a box hockey game, with tiki torches, with a giant cooker equal to a Memphis in May cooking contestant, with a giant airplane cargo netting the troop turned into a hammock holding 15 scouts, yes we won best campsite and finally won Thunderbird troop for best troop. It is like our lives, isn't it? We come in with nothing, we leave with nothing, and along the way, we may win some ribbons, some awards, but is it really all to the glory of God? Dwight Pentecost said, 'God has chosen believers today to do that for which the earth was created, for which Moses was called, for which the tabernacle was erected, for which the temple was built, that for which Jesus came into the world the first time. He has chosen us so that we might be instruments to bring glory to God.' We are called to wait on Him. We are called to worship Him. We are called to glorify Him. He is glorified and lifted up when his name is lifted