This morning while I was preparing to exercise, I happened to see a commercial for the new Transformers movie. Just like any trailer for an upcoming movie it had clips from the new film and a few from the old film. I guess in this case the old clips were to define where the new film would pick up from.
In particular the one clip that stood out and caught my mind was a clip from the first Transformers film. Shia LaBeouf who plays the lead character, is trying to convince Megan Fox the female romantic target, to go along with him on the adventure. Which at that moment looks pretty scary. In this case, going along meant getting into a car that they realized was alive and obviously dangerous. LaBeouf says (paraphrasing), "50 years from now, don't you want to say you had the Guts to get in the Car!?!"
How many times in our lives do we have that question asked of us by God? I would suggest to you that that question is valid.....every time you wake up in the morning.
Why? Because, the Christian existence is meant to be a powerful one. We have been given ALL Authority in Heaven and on Earth, AND the Holy Spirit to empower us as we walk in that Authority.
Unfortuneately, satan is very good at convincing us that we are all just as "Normal" as the next person. That we all are insignificant in the eyes of the world, and especially God. Not so! We are the object and purpose of Christ's Sacrifice! He died so that we could be reborn, renewed, re-established in the Kingdom. Each one of us has a role to play in this great Drama. But, we are not insignificant. We all are the Lead Role in God's Eyes.
And, every morning God asks us to get in His Car for another wild ride. Only His Question to you is this. "When I call you home, don't you want to say, you had the guts to get in the Car!?! His adventure is not a mild walk in the park, it is likely to be quite beyond anything your parent's told you life would be like. And, it actually could become something quite dangerous in some contexts; definitely dangerous to satan.
Most likely some of you who read this will say, "No Thanks, I like my life just the way it is, No Car for me!" Or, I don't need to get in the car to be a world changer. I can do this my own way.
Lately, Larry Lane my pastor has been exhorting us to become world changers in our spheres of influence. And, I know many of us have responded and are taking the steps to do just that. But, I would suggest that ONLY by getting in the Car and going on that wild ride, will you or I become that world changer. We need the Holy Spirit's foot on the pedal, and hands on the Shifter, and the steering wheel, or we will not become everything that God intended for us.
We end up potentially not fullfilling that Prophetic Destiny that God has for us.
I know for one that I don't want to look back and be disappointed with the ride I took. So who's Car you going to get in? Yours or the Holy Spirit's.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
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Hmmmm...this is very interesting. I have had a car dream in the last week, and a vision. In the vision, I was above the scene, and saw a car on a highway come to a spot where the lanes were blocked by a jam up of cars. The moving car simply took to the air and went right over the jam, coming down on the other side and continuing on its way. The moving car was not even slowed down by the obstacles in its path. I have heard that cars in dreams represent ministries...so it seemed to me that God was showing me how nothing can stop what He has called forth, when we are moving forward in His power! I definitely want to be in the car with Him, risks and all!!!
I think that sometimes, the most dangerous words we can utter are "I can do this"... as in I (on my own, under my own power) can do it... without any assistance. Reminds me somewhat of a 2-year old's mantra: "I do it my ownself!"
Sure, there are lots of things in our spiritual walk that we do have the strength to accomplish. But aren't we selling ourselves short when we do that? How much more effective (and what a fun ride it would be!) if we plugged into a source larger than ourselves?
Boy, we are sometimes so full of ourselves, aren't we?
You two are so right on!
It all has to do with cooperating with Him in all we do. This is where the intimacy resides. In our moment by moment inclusion of Father in what we "Get" to do.
If I thought that I was doing all this on my own....I would truely be frightened. But, walking with Him thru all this is the only way to travel.
Derek
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