Facing our giants

I just finished watching the movie Faceing the Giants and in this movie for those of you who havent seen it you have a high school football coach. This coach has everything in life happen to him and it seems like life is at the bottom of the barrell. Then he focuses on God and believes that if you seek God and do everything for his glory then everything will work out. The interesting thing is that by the end of the movie everything that was bad and been fixed and overcome. Leaving you with this underlining idea that if you would just turn to God and believe Him that nothing is impossible with God that everything will work out for the good.

So I say all of this to ask myself the question, What is the underlineing doctrine that is being taught here. Does God really promise that everthing will work out for the good. Is it really true that everthing will get better if we were to just wholly trust God. I mean the picture that is painted in the movie is essentially a coutry music song first sung forward and then reversed.

I think the said and grim reality is that the very teaching that takes place in this movie is some of the very deceptive teaching that is happening in our churches. Even on the level of not being taught neccessarily but definetly you see it in the peoples actions. We need to continually look and examine our lives through the lens of God's word. It is only then that we will be able to see the lies which so easily entangle us.

The good and positive points in the movie is that God does answer prayer, and those prayers of people who are persistent and dedicated. That we will praise him in the wins and we will praise him in the losses. And that football or whatever it may be is and should never be the main and driving forces in our lives. God and his kingdom must be first and formost. What we need most in our own lives and in the lives of our churches is to have a spirit of revival. The kindleing afresh the fire and passion for God and for the supremecy of Christ. That from Him and through Him and to Him are all things; to him be the glory for ever and ever and ever. AMEN