i sat down to blog yesterday and could not for the life of me get any of my thoughts to make sense. so i just stopped...haha. and today, God reminded me AGAIN (there has been a theme forming over the week) of the incredible contrast between what I can do and what God can do. sometimes i forget that the reason that i am ever able to make any sense is because God is doing it...not because i am so smart or so wise. so i am just so grateful for the reminder...i needed it.
this lesson began on thursday for me. and i remembered what happens when i dont take the time to talk to God and prepare and really pray before i spend any time speaking in front of people. it is not a pretty thing.
God is truly the sole reason i am doing what i am today...and i hate that i forget that sometimes - but so grateful that He takes the time to wake me up and remind me.
On Thursday we had part of the team there...we're working on a few scenes at a time - trying to be highly productive. :)
one of the scenes is a look at how even though God is there to help us, He doesnt always show up in the way we want Him to. and when we get distracted by our own ideas, we feel frustrated or angry or abandoned - even though He is right there, just wanting so badly to help. John 6 gives a picture of how God doesn't always work the way we expect...like when Jesus came - people had an idea of who Jesus would be, and He did not match it. another place in scripture where expectations threw people off is in Exodus, with the Israelites when they got past the red sea, going to the promised land - and then ended up in the desert, eating manna. still in God's hand - but it was not what they had expected and it threw them off and they started looking elsewhere for what they wanted.
The other scene we worked on gives a picture of how what we think we want, what we think looks good - isn't always what it seems. sometimes the world makes things look so good and so available so we dont stop to consider that maybe God knows something we dont. we just see what is right in front of us and that it looks like fun for the moment...so that is what we focus on, but so many times God watches and tries to get our attention, but because we want what we want, we dont look to see what He is trying to say and more often than not, learn the hard way that God really does know what is best.
He sees the WHOLE picture and we just need to remember that. the bible tells the story of David - when he saw Bathsheba, something he thought he wanted, something that was right in front of him, available...and he went after it. and altough it seemed ideal, seemed like it would make him happy, if you have read the story, you know it doesnt end well. it just leads to MORE difficulty. and we look at him and think how weak he is...but we all fall victim to the idea of quick happiness, easy satisfaction despite the deafening warning bells God has going off in our heads every time. its so easy to get distracted.
easier said than done to stay focused, but lucky for us - God doesnt ever stop trying to get our attention. He never stops watching over us, paying attention. Never. amazing, isnt it?
the scenes came together quickly and better than we thought they would. the girls did an amazing job of being the mean girls...haha...so cute. ;) and jordan did a great job of being a heartbreaker...:) and the people playing Jesus and the girl are learning quickly and my prayer for all of them is that God will create and portray the characters the way He wants and that they will give Him room to move through them to put this whole story together.
so i am learning to remember how important it is to keep the focus on God, stay in prayer and remember that none of this is me...its ALL Him.
so keep us in your prayers as we continue to learn this and let God put it together!
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