Daily Thought for Monday, Febraury 28th

February 28, 2011

Movie Ministry (The End)

(This like the Rock and Roll Series is not intended to offend but rather to use a little different tactic to provoke us towards greater strides in our spiritual life.)

Finding a Spiritual Message in unexpected places from unexpected sources.

Today’s Thought:

“There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky: there is one spectacle grander than the sky, that is the interior of the soul.” – Victor Hugo from “Les Miserables”

“For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” – The Bible (Matthew 16:26)

Today’s Question

Have you seen God today?

Today’s Spiritual Thought:

“Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness.  It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.” – Helen Keller

The purpose of this series has been to help us see God in unlikely places.  To look for meaning that can be spiritual in nature in places it isn’t generally intended to be found.

Godly virtue, spiritual awareness and Christian growth don’t have to happen in a church hall, sanctuary or classroom.  It can be facilitated there but true spiritual growth comes by living and doing.

We could look to songs, books, movies or any number of things and if we look hard enough we can find something in there to point our attention towards, God, if we really want too.

I could have continued this series for many more days, but I have opted not too.  And obviously I did not pick Christian based or faith themed movies to illustrate each day’s message.

But the truth is this, God is everywhere, and truth about Him can be found in anything, if we are willing to look.

Everything in life has a time, season and purpose.  Sometimes we miss the good purpose of things because we spend too much time focusing on the bad.  We look at the surface, see the obvious and often don’t look much further than past the nose on our faces when it comes to what might really be there for us to see.

It is easy to see God in flowers, sunsets, and snow-capped mountains; but do you see Him in less obvious things?

I am convinced that if we try hard enough look deep enough and focus with spiritual intent with humble hearts we can find something of God in almost anything, even if it does take a little extra effort.

So, have you seen God today?  If not start looking around and I hope you find Him in the most unusual places.

Today’s Verses:

Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever. The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.  The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits. All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again. All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.

                        Ecclesiastes 1:2-10

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;  A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth? I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it. He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.  I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.:

Ecclesiastes 3:1-14

Today’s Prayer:

Father, I know you always there, ever near and everywhere; so help me to see you even in places I wouldn’t normally think to look.