God's Call

We watched Evan Almighty last night. Which probably produces one of two thoughts for you...

It took you that long? OR
Why did you waste your time on that piece of theological garbage?

Actually, for Hollywood, I thought they portrayed God and the story in a pretty decent light. Yes, "pretty decent" and "completely accurate" are two different things and a different blog post that I won't do, but here is what I think they did get right.

The aspect of "God's call."

It overwhelmed Evan. He didn't want it at first, but it kept following him around. (That statement is hilarious if you have watched the movie!)

Then, he accepted it and started in and he was HORRIBLE at it. The call still overwhelmed him, but he started off by making a mess of it.

No one understood his call. For most of the time, Evan didn't understand it either.
When he thought he did understand it, he didn't...not quite.
His wife's call was separate, but equal.
Things happened that he couldn't explain.
When everything lined up, it really took off, both the production and persecution.

But when everything lined up, nothing else mattered than completing God's call.

I'm not an expert in God's call. Actually, I think I know less now (about calls in general, not my/our call) than I did 13 years ago when I received my first dose. What I do know is that I want it to look like Evan Almighty's, or Noah's, or Paul's...Overwhelming.

30 July 2010
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