Don’t like the script, then rewrite it!
Ill. Ron Hutchcraft tells the story of Harold.
Harold wanted to be in the annual Christmas play which was always a big production in his town.
But Harold was not the top student in his class and seemed to have a lot of problems.
The directors of the children’s play did not want to hurt Harold’s feelings, but they were worried about whether he could handle a part.
They finally decided to give him the part of the Inn Keeper. All he had to say was, “I’m sorry, there is no room in the Inn.”
Well, the night of the big play came and the church was packed.
At the precise moment Mary and Joseph came and knocked on the Inn door.
The whole village of Bethlehem shook as Harold tried to open the cardboard door to the Inn which was stuck.
At last he got the door open, and the pitiful young couple wa standing there looking all too real to Harold,
but with a little coaching he blurted out the words: “I’m sorry, all the rooms are full, and there’s no room for you here.”
The couple turned sorrowfully away and began to walk off stage when all of a sudden the door of the Inn swung open again,
and Harold ran up to the couple and said in a loud voice so that everyone could hear,
“Wait a minute. Come back. You can have my room.” It was a great addition to the play, even though it was not in the script.
Harold didn’t have to think twice about it, he didn’t like the way the script was written and the outcome it presented, so he rewrote it.
Although some would have said that he didn’t have the power to do what he did and that it shouldn‘t have happened,
But yet when he spoke the words, addressed the situation and the outcome was altered, that very moment.
Matthew 12:35 NKJ
A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.
The MSG. says it this way, “Words are powerful; take them seriously. Words can be your salvation. Words can also be your damnation”
So many people go through life, feeling as though they are stuck in a rut,
Day after day making proclamations that keep them right there in that rut, leaving no way of escape,
day after day, month after month, year after year and before you know it, an entire lifetime slips by.
In the entertainment world, if the story line in the script is not going the way that they think it should go,
It goes back to the writers for a rewrite and they work on it, until they get it right.
In our lives, or I should say in most peoples lives, if they don’t like the way the story is going, they really want it to change, but somehow it just never seems to happen for them,
For some reason, it just keeps going down the same path, same old stuff and the only thing that changes in their world, is the days of the week.
Like the movie Ground Hog day, it just keeps playing over and over, and they never attempt to do anything about it, or try to alter it.
They say or think things like,
*I’ll never have anything nice
*I’ll never get out of here
*I’ll never have anything new
*I’ll never, and probably never will either!
Knowingly or unknowingly, their words become their own damnation and demise!
It doesn’t have to be that way, TBS. your words can be your salvation, Starting with your personal Salvation!
The very moment Jesus becomes your Lord and Savior, your destiny is changed and altered forever!
I’m sure we all remember the movie it’s a Wonderful Life, how George Baileys life is erased from existence,
with one request, he wishes he never had been born and suddenly his destiny and everyone that mattered to him is changed
and later, he realizes exactly how much power his words have and changes them around.
Ill. Jimmy Stewart shared the story about the filming of the movie, It’s a Wonderful Life.
“It’s hard to explain. I, for one, had things happen to me during the filming that never happened in any other picture I’ve made.
In one scene, for example, George Bailey is faced with unjust criminal charges and, not knowing where to turn, ends up in a little roadside restaurant.
He is unaware that most of the people in town are arduously praying for him.
In this scene, at the lowest point in George Bailey’s life, Frank Capra was shooting a long shot of me slumped in despair.
In agony I raise my eyes and, following the script, plead, ‘God . . . God . . . dear Father in heaven,
I’m not a praying man, but if you’re up there and you can hear me, show me the way.
I’m at the end of my rope, Show me the way, God…As I said those words, I felt the loneliness, the hopelessness of people who had nowhere to turn,
and my eyes filled with tears. I broke down sobbing.
This was not planned at all, but the power of that prayer, the realization that our Father in heaven is there to help the hopeless, had reduced me to tears
In the movie, that’s the turning point, when he gives it over to God, that’s when the script starts to change for the better and he starts to realize how wonderful his life really is!
The same is true when we get saved, when we get as the original Greek says, sozo’d.
(to save, keep safe and sound, to rescue from danger or destruction
to make well, prosper, heal, restore to health
to deliver from the penalties of the Messianic judgment
to save from the evils which obstruct the reception of the Messianic deliverance.)
God left nothing out, when He introduced Grace and His Salvation Message to the world.
Our lives are forever altered and the end result of eternal damnation, is replaced with eternal life.
Most people are happy with the end result being changed, (having a eternal life insurance policy for the end) but few realize the sozo experience that their entitled to,
Not only entitled to, but are also made worthy by the blood of the lamb, to partake in, in every way, every step, all along the way! Amen?
"If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable." I Corinthians 15:19 NKJ
Those who do not grow in their walk with God, and have no closeness with their God then they are of all men most miserable.
The bible here, speaks expressly of our need for growth in our walk and relationship we have with our God
2 Peter 1:5-9 MSG.
So don’t lose a minute in building on what you’ve been given, complementing your basic faith with good character, spiritual understanding, alert discipline, passionate patience, reverent wonder, warm friendliness, and generous love, each dimension fitting into and developing the others. With these qualities active and growing in your lives, no grass will grow under your feet, no day will pass without its reward as you mature in your experience of our Master Jesus. Without these qualities you can’t see what’s right before you, oblivious that your old sinful life has been wiped off the books.
The prize of knowing God, through a relationship with His Son Jesus, is meant to be enjoyed each and everyday,
Just like Ground Hog day, but in the best possible way, each day is a sozo experience all over for the rest of our lives, for all eternity!
That gives great meaning to the word saved and being called a Christian, or Jesus fanatic!
More people should be like, “you bet I am, I want everything that He has for me, every single day, I’d be crazy not to! Right? Right!
And it’s a trick of the enemy, that more Christians don’t feel that way,
Life is to short, to fall for the tricks of the enemy, we should be just like “sweet brown” you know the lady that coined the term, “ain’t got time for that”
don’t lose a minute in building on the gift that you’ve been given, and are continually are given each and every day
Lam. 3:22,23 NKJ
22. Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed,
Because His compassions fail not.
23. They are new every morning;
Great is Your faithfulness.
Whether we choose to partake in them or not, does not change the fact that they are ever present and available for us to do so now!
Not tomorrow, not next week, but today and everyday we have a choice to serve God or man, I don't know about you, but when my feet hit the floor each morning, I'm choosing God! Amen?
Phil. 3:20,21 MSG.
But there’s far more to life for us. We’re citizens of high heaven! We’re waiting the arrival of the Savior, the Master, Jesus Christ, who will transform our earthy bodies into glorious bodies like his own. He’ll make us beautiful and whole with the same powerful skill by which he is putting everything as it should be, under and around him.
People all over the world, want to come to America and do whatever it takes, to become a citizen,
Why, Because of the benefits of being one?
Friends, if you know Jesus, your already a citizen of the high heaven, isn’t it time you started to realize the benefits of your heritage you have in Him
and start to enjoy what He wants to do in and for you along the way?
2nd Cor. 5:17 NKJ
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
I don’t know about you this morning, but when I get something new, I like to enjoy it,
I like to learn all about it, I like to learn its features, the way it works, the way it operates, how it will benefit my life.
Gods mercies are the same way, He wants you to learn all about them, to experience them, to enjoy them in your life and what they can do for you!
That's why they exist, it's for our benefit, we can't accomplish anything on our own, it's only with Gods help is anything possible
TBS with man, Nothing is impossible, but with God all things are possible!
Ephesians 2:19-22 MSG.
19-22 That’s plain enough, isn’t it? You’re no longer wandering exiles. This kingdom of faith is now your home country. You’re no longer strangers or outsiders. You belong here, with as much right to the name Christian as anyone. God is building a home. He’s using us all—irrespective of how we got here—in what he is building. He used the apostles and prophets for the foundation. Now he’s using you, fitting you in brick by brick, stone by stone, with Christ Jesus as the cornerstone that holds all the parts together. We see it taking shape day after day—a holy temple built by God, all of us built into it, a temple in which God is quite at home.
Gods not interested in our past, He is interested in our future.
And when you let Him lead and direct your
Life, He is helping you to rewrite the story of you, each and everyday.
brick by brick, stone by stone, with Christ Jesus as the cornerstone that holds all the parts together.
He wants to take you to new heights and has great things for you to experience that He has had planned for you your whole life long if you will just let Him and call upon His name!
Jerm. 33:3 NKJ
‘Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know
The interesting thing here was that Jeremiah was in jail when this word from The Lord came to him,
You see, it doesn't matter where you are in life,
God can move in any situation, in any circumstance
And He's not moved by the size of them either,it's just as easy for Him to heal a broken heart as it is, to heal a cut on your finger! Praise God!
if you ask Him to, He can help rewrite any script and With His help the ending will always read, and they lived "happily ever after"
Amen?
Let us Pray!
