12 Stone is doing their “At The Movies” series which is very
innovative. They take a “blockbuster” movie and actually go into it. They will
make sets and film the service on the sets and dive into the movie and relate
the story to Biblical truths. This past week they did Despicable Me, a cartoon
with an evil genius with his partners in crime, the Minions. Cute story where
he gets foster children and turns from his dreams to theirs. Making a play on
the name they started talking about big ME and little me in context to God.
Matthew 25:40 sums this up in a nutshell:
And the King shall answer and say
unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the
least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
We recently talked about this in “Here’s a Bit of a
Rattlesnake” but wanted to look at it from the view of our own actions. In the movie Gru started to put the dreams and
wishes of others before his own. He finds the children became more important
than his dreams and desires. Suddenly shrinking the moon and capturing it was
not as important as loving these children.
This is a lesson we need to really take in and not just do, but
have it become our soul. I can honestly say this is hard and will cause ripples
with people around you including family, but is really critical. Remember this
is a verse in the story of the sheep and the goats, where one group does not
make it into heaven although they did great things for God.
I think of this often since putting someone before you is
very hard and is not what the world tells us. We have everything from friends
to “spiritual” leaders telling us to get. I have even explored this theme in
The Secret, where the focus is USING the law of attraction to gain glory and
riches for one’s pleasure. This is why it’s so difficult for us to put into
action.
But that is where Jesus helps, what is impossible for
us to do, it’s possible through Jesus! It’s not just doing, but it is being. Jesus
makes this possible and when things change in the world, often as in the movie
they get better because your view of the world is seen through Jesus’ eyes and
not the worlds.