Facing the Giants

Our church showed this movie tonight as part of a celebration of our most recent building campaign, and more importantly - what God is going to do through and with us; and probably in spite of us.

I have seen this movie before. I remember crying through some scenes where God was changing peoples' lives. I also remember the acting being a little cheesy. As we were getting ready to watch this, my wife was telling a friend isn't this a true story - which I kind of laughed and chuckled to myself -"are you kidding?"

As the movie progressed, I found myself laughing a little more about how everything seemed to turn out the way the football coach wanted. Even the wind changed directions just in time for the game-winning kick. I laughed out loud.

After it was over, I began to think about one scene in the movie where it basically stated we need to prepare our field as if God will bring rain in the middle of a drought. This made me think about my prayer life....I pray to God for miracles, but I have done nothing to prepare myself, or my life, to be ready to receive it. God can do anything. He can change the direction of the wind at just the right moment......He can have someone donate a brand new vehicle to a coach who desperately needed one......He can provide the miracle of birth in a woman who was told cannot have kids.......He can help a bunch of under-achievers win the big game.....He can use a movie with cheesy acting to drive home a point. The point is: God can do anything and we should be preparing for when God overcomes the obstacles in our lives. We need to spend some time preparing for a harvest that only God can reap. Never give up. Never back down. Never lose faith.

Maybe...just maybe, we miss out on so many blessings from God, because we fail to do the necessary work, because we cannot see the result. Hebrews 11:1 - "Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see." When I look deep into that verse, the key words for me are BEING SURE. Sure of what. Sure of a God who can do anything. BEING SURE means to prepare for answered prayer. I think about some of the prayers I have said........am I really prepared for Him to answer them? Excuse me while I go do some preparing........................