God's Plan and Me (4 of 5)
Series: I'm Blessed: Ephesians
Scott Maze
Ephesians 1:9
Serendipity is a 2001 movie starring John Cusack. Cusack's character meets a young lady named Sara at Bloomingdale's at Christmas time. They randomly meet as the both attempt to purchase a pair of black cashmere gloves. Both are mutually attracted to one another even though they are in relationships with other people. They decide to exchange phone numbers in the most unusual way. He places their name and number on a $5 bill while she places their name and number inside the jacket of a book that is sold the next day. The only way they can connect is if they randomly find the $5 bill and the book. Years go by and both are engaged to other people. Yet, as their respective wedding dates approach, they are both having ''cold feet.'' Sara goes back to the place they meet after all these years where she randomly sees the $5 bill with Cusack's name and number. Right about this time, Cusack's fiancé gives him the very book where Sara's had written her number years before. Eventually the two meet up at Central Park and live happily ever after.
Most of us don't meet ''the One'' by writing our numbers on a $5 bill and seeing if it will randomly return to us years later. Instead, the Bible calls on you to trust your life to a God who is guiding and shaping all of life's events for His purposes. Perhaps you've have the kind of week, day, or month where the uncertainty of life and your future makes you a cringe a bit when some well-meaning Christian says, ''God has a plan.'' I'm not here today to convince you that everything is happy and cheery because God has a plan. I am here to bring you back from the steps of cynicism by telling you God has a plan and He can be trusted.
We continue our study of the book of Ephesians (page 1159 in your pew Bibles).
Two Kinds of People
In the middle of Mel Gibson's movie Signs, there's a little monologue by the main character, and he basical ...
Series: I'm Blessed: Ephesians
Scott Maze
Ephesians 1:9
Serendipity is a 2001 movie starring John Cusack. Cusack's character meets a young lady named Sara at Bloomingdale's at Christmas time. They randomly meet as the both attempt to purchase a pair of black cashmere gloves. Both are mutually attracted to one another even though they are in relationships with other people. They decide to exchange phone numbers in the most unusual way. He places their name and number on a $5 bill while she places their name and number inside the jacket of a book that is sold the next day. The only way they can connect is if they randomly find the $5 bill and the book. Years go by and both are engaged to other people. Yet, as their respective wedding dates approach, they are both having ''cold feet.'' Sara goes back to the place they meet after all these years where she randomly sees the $5 bill with Cusack's name and number. Right about this time, Cusack's fiancé gives him the very book where Sara's had written her number years before. Eventually the two meet up at Central Park and live happily ever after.
Most of us don't meet ''the One'' by writing our numbers on a $5 bill and seeing if it will randomly return to us years later. Instead, the Bible calls on you to trust your life to a God who is guiding and shaping all of life's events for His purposes. Perhaps you've have the kind of week, day, or month where the uncertainty of life and your future makes you a cringe a bit when some well-meaning Christian says, ''God has a plan.'' I'm not here today to convince you that everything is happy and cheery because God has a plan. I am here to bring you back from the steps of cynicism by telling you God has a plan and He can be trusted.
We continue our study of the book of Ephesians (page 1159 in your pew Bibles).
Two Kinds of People
In the middle of Mel Gibson's movie Signs, there's a little monologue by the main character, and he basical ...
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