What makes a good
story? In the movie, “Rocky”, the first
45 minutes of it is spent building up the character of “Rocky”. He is shown doing good deeds, being kind and
being an all-around nice guy. This is done so that when the fight scene comes,
we cheer, hoot and holler for him. We
are given a glimpse of his true character, so that when he wins, we are
thrilled. If he had been a mean spirited person, then we would not have cared
how the story ended.
What kind of story
are you writing with your life? Is it filled with scenes where the audience
would hoot and holler for you? Our story is written by not only our actions,
but our reactions, and our words. Just
like in a fictional book where the characters take on a mind of their own and
do what they please, instead of what the author desires, we do too. However, the author can highlight and delete
and rewrite the story. Unlike the author, God does not highlight and delete
when we are writing our story and allow us to redo the scene. But, fortunately, God does give us mercy and
grace to go forward writing our story and improve the subsequent scenes. He also supplies us with all the tools that we
need in order to live a great story. However, just knowing where the tools are,
(the Bible), and what they are, (His power through the Holy Spirit), isn’t
enough. We have to implement them into
our lives.
Let’s imagine a
scene where you are in the mist of doing a grandiose deed for someone. However,
you are showing disrespect and spewing venomous words at them while you’re accomplishing
the good deed. Your actions may have
been caused by frustration, but no spiritual fruit is manifested which totally
negates everything. Again, would the
audience hoot and holler for you and give you accolades for the deed that you
accomplish? No, your Rocky scene would
have been booed.
There are positive and negative charges set off
by us that have a profound effect on those around us which reveal our true
heart and character. They have the ability to either completely ruin the story
or cause applause. Who cares about the
good deed if verbal vomit is being spewed at someone while getting there? Let’s
all try to create uplifting scenes with our lives. Ones that blow our audience away with the
spiritual fruit that we display, Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness,
Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness and Self-Control. Whoa, what a beautiful love story we have the
ability to create with our lives if we will truly tap into the source, Jesus
Christ, and use the power of the Holy Spirit to help us write it. Otherwise,
your story is one that the audience would rather walk out on.
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