Stories

    We all tell stories.  I love that!

    Don't you think that in some ways it's our stories that make us humans so unique?  I can see a clear resemblance to our Maker because of stories.  He said “Let us make man in our image” and thus began the great story between God and man.

    Okay, I must be completely honest – I'm writing about stories because I just came back from the final Harry Potter movie.  It was a good movie about a much better book, but all in all, a great story.  What fascinates me about Harry Potter so much, especially after finishing the series, is the unbelievable connectedness and engaging nature of the story.  As we grew up with the story, the story grew up with us.  It became darker, more serious, more connected, and ultimately more satisfying.  Alright, that's enough of an endorsement...

    As great as Harry Potter is, there is a much better story.  It's much darker, much more serious, much more deeply connected and fluid, and absolutely more satisfying.  We read about it on the pages of Scripture, the Holy Bible.  We experience it, all of us, but only some really respond to it.

    The story that unfolds through the Bible is the story that unfolds in each of our lives.  It's the promise of God when He says “I will be your God.  You will be my people.  I will prove this to you over and over again for eternity.”

    The story that unfolds in each of our lives is the story we must never stop telling.  It's better than anything we'd put on paper – more real than imagination.  It's a story that is confirmed by God's Spirit.  A story that is repeated by Jesus himself.  Your life story is one that Jesus loves to tell to his Father, so you should be certain that it's worth telling to everyone you have the chance to.

    “You yourselves are our letter of recommendation, written on our hearts, to be known and read by all. And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts” (2 Corinthians 3:2-3).

    Each of you have a story, not written down on paper, but written on hearts.  It's to be known and told to everyone.  You prove that your Story is from Christ because of the Spirit of the living God.  It's more real than a book – it's as real as your beating heart.

    What story do you have to tell today?