Title: Leaving His Mark On The World
Author: Tim Melton
Text: Matthew 5:16
"A113" ... It's everywhere! It's Andy's mom's license plate number in the movie Toy Story; It's a door number in the movie Monsters University; It's the courtroom number in the movie Up; It's the camera model number in the movie Finding Nemo; It's on a rat's ear tag in the movie Ratatouille; And it's the train number in the movie Cars. You can even find it in Pixar¥s movie, Soul. But what does "A113" mean?
John Lasseter, a co-founder of Pixar, the company that made all these movies, explains how A113 is the number of the animation classroom at the California Institute of the Arts. Every time you are watching one of these animated movies and see "A113" one of the animators is leaving their mark, letting everyone know that a former student of the California Institute of the Arts was involved in the making of the movie. They are leaving their mark so that for years to come, any who watches their movies will see evidence of where they learned.
How did Jesus leave His mark on the world? He wrote no books. He started no seminaries or churches. He did not open hospitals or orphanages. He was not a politician, a president or a prime minister. He was a simple teacher, from the small town of Nazareth. He was the son of a carpenter, with no formal theological training that we know of, yet He has impacted more people and changed more lives than any other person in the history of the world. So how did He leave His mark? He pointed people to faith and made disciples.
As Christians we are called to leave a mark as well, not for a school like these animators, but for our Savior. We are called to leave His mark, the mark of Christ, in our conversations, in our relationships, in our business dealings, in our homes, and in our world. If they are paying attention, those around us should find ongoing evidence of Christ in our lives.
This has always been the purpose of God's people. To live in ...
Author: Tim Melton
Text: Matthew 5:16
"A113" ... It's everywhere! It's Andy's mom's license plate number in the movie Toy Story; It's a door number in the movie Monsters University; It's the courtroom number in the movie Up; It's the camera model number in the movie Finding Nemo; It's on a rat's ear tag in the movie Ratatouille; And it's the train number in the movie Cars. You can even find it in Pixar¥s movie, Soul. But what does "A113" mean?
John Lasseter, a co-founder of Pixar, the company that made all these movies, explains how A113 is the number of the animation classroom at the California Institute of the Arts. Every time you are watching one of these animated movies and see "A113" one of the animators is leaving their mark, letting everyone know that a former student of the California Institute of the Arts was involved in the making of the movie. They are leaving their mark so that for years to come, any who watches their movies will see evidence of where they learned.
How did Jesus leave His mark on the world? He wrote no books. He started no seminaries or churches. He did not open hospitals or orphanages. He was not a politician, a president or a prime minister. He was a simple teacher, from the small town of Nazareth. He was the son of a carpenter, with no formal theological training that we know of, yet He has impacted more people and changed more lives than any other person in the history of the world. So how did He leave His mark? He pointed people to faith and made disciples.
As Christians we are called to leave a mark as well, not for a school like these animators, but for our Savior. We are called to leave His mark, the mark of Christ, in our conversations, in our relationships, in our business dealings, in our homes, and in our world. If they are paying attention, those around us should find ongoing evidence of Christ in our lives.
This has always been the purpose of God's people. To live in ...
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