The cable was out yesterday when I got home. A coincidental inconvenience most people would say. Maybe... But, we were about to eat dinner and put the movie "facing the Giants" in the dvd. I picked it up a couple of weeks ago when I was getting a book, because I had been thinking about the movie for a while and wanting to see it again.
Anyway, if you've seen the movie, not great acting but an incredible message. At a few points in the movie, I found I was wiping a tear off my cheek. But at the end.... They had just won the State Championship and Coach Grant Taylor walks in the locker room where the boys are celebrating. He gets the quieted down, and he looks at the kid that just made the longest field goal of his life. "David, don't you ever let anyone tell you that you are no good, or second rate.... I just watched God do a miracle through you"!! So then coach Taylor asks David, "What is impossible with God?". David replies, "nothing coach".
That question and answer were mondane enough. I would answer the same sitting here today. If you ask me, "Craig, what's impossible with God?" Nothing would be my reply. Standard "Sunday School" answer. No problem. And I was fine at that point in the movie. But Coach Grant's next question to David was the one that got me.
"Are you sure?" coach Taylor asked. His tone told me he want young David to grasp the full weight of his first question!! "Yes sir coach". The coach went on through the locker room asking both questions to everyone. You see in their school God had been doing miracles. Changing hearts, changing minds, changing attitudes. They KNEW nothing was impossible.
I can't explain why I don't. I've got no explanation. You see, when the coach looked at David and said are you SURE, I didn't feel sure. I don't act SURE. I don't pray SURE. I don't confess SURE. I don't profess SURE. And I definately don't witness SURE.
If I really believe nothing is impossible with GOD, why don't I LIVE it? Why am I afraid to tell someone I know and love that God has put them on my heart to pray for them? Or why am I afraid to tell someone God can't use you if you aren't willing? Why am I afraid to put my hands on someone and claim there broken body for God? Why can I get more worked up over explaining why unversal healthcare is going to be the demise of this country when my own unbelief could be the demise of my own family or a friend that I am suppose to be witnessing to?
God, help my unbelief. I serve The only God there ever was, is, or will be, but I act as if that service doesn't have sacrifice. I want to be willing to look like a fool. I want to be willing to take the first step. Show me what you are trying to say.
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