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Monday, September 13, 2004
Have you ever seen the movie Bruce Almighty? It stars Jim Carrey and Jennifer Aniston. The basic plot is that Bruce (Jim Carrey) gets to be "God" for a while and discovers what's really important to him in life along the way.
There's a scene at the climax of the movie when Bruce has lost everything. He used his powers as God to get promotions, get the girl, get all he wanted out of life. And then it all crumbled. He lost the job. He lost the girl. He lost his friends. He lost his stuff.
After a big fight with his girlfriend "Grace" (interesting choice of a name for a girlfriend, eh?) and realizing he'd now lost everything he goes for a drive. He wrecks his car, and gets out in the rain and has a long talk with God. The soliloquy begins with the quote I listed for the title of this entry.
Bruce then screams at God, "I surrender my will to You." He's kneeling in the highway and then gets run over by a truck.
The scene switches to heaven. God says, "Bruce, just because you're praying doesn't mean you can kneel down in the highway." The next scene God tells Bruce he has a "divine spark" of making people laugh and should be using that gift for others. And then he sends Bruce back from his near death experience to do just that.
Well, since we've been into this study for three weeks, looking at the idea that we're supposed to have an abundant life, and that God will welcome all of us who want to come back to him "in," followed by the realization that a revolution of sorts is to take place in our hearts and minds to affect the planet...well, what's next?
I'd suggest that you read Psalm 121 in that context. Following the beginning of Psalm 120 where we have to admit we've been doing it our way for so long (hit the archives for a discussion of that) and now we've come to the end of ourselves. Psalm 121 starts out with that type of posture as Bruce's: Head down in humble stature, and then having to raise up our eyes.
So, read Psalm 121. Take a look at what you lift your eyes to. Try to discover all the ways God will help us. That's quite a mind vitamin.
Journal prompt for today: What's your divine spark? What do you think you've been put here by God to do?
And, in more ways than one...the adventure begins. I mean that sincerely.
Brent 4:42 AM
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