Wingmen

I decided after years to reconfigure my bedroom and placed a small tv on a nightstand at the foot of our bed. We were excited to watch “Amazing Grace” on DVD. After the first 15 minutes my wife fell asleep. Twenty minutes into it I fell asleep. I woke up for the last 20 minutes. So this is what I caught… A guy named William wanted to end slavery in England. He was passionate about this pursuit. He was also introduced to a girl. I got this in the first 20 minutes. In the last 20 minutes, he had won a House of Commons vote to end slavery and the girl was cheering him on.

I thought to myself, this was a boring movie but the write up on the package was so enticing and made it sound like an epic drama. So what happened?

The middle of the movie must have obviously been a series of trials and failures that William had overcome. Without the trials the movie was boring.

I started relating this to my own life. As I look back, it has been all the trials and failures that I have overcome that have shaped me and molded me into the man I am today.

I want to encourage you today that if you are struggling through life and it is anything but boring, you are exactly where God is shaping you and molding you into the man you are to become. God has not placed you on this earth to be boring. He has a plan for your life. You are building your test-i-mony. When you have passed the test, you will win the vote and perhaps there will be a girl cheering you on. Don’t fall asleep in the middle of your life, when you look back you will realize it was the best part of your story.