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Ever watched a movie and have someone talk to you during it. Well, I watched ‘Evan Almighty’ with God ….if we listen for His still small voice, God is one who also talks to us even during a movie. But it’s cool when He does it. :-)

It was during the scene where Morgan Freeman’s character as God was talking to Evan’s wife in the restaurant.

Joan: “But my husband says that God told him to do it, what do you do with that?”

God: “Sounds like an opportunity. Let me ask you something. If someone prays for patience, you think God gives them patience or does He give them the opportunity to be patient? If they pray for courage does he give them courage or does he give them opportunity to be courageous? If someone prays for the family to be closer, do you think God zaps them with warm fuzzy feelings or does he give them opportunities to love each other?”

It was during that scene that the Lord spoke to my heart and said “you pray to be more and more like Jesus and I give opportunities all around you all the time. But you don’t connect that the opportunities are an answer to your prayer.”

I thought of how many times in a day that I miss the opportunities right in front of me. Not necessarily in just the trying moments, but even more I miss in just the little things. Miss giving a word of encouragement, saying I love you, giving a smile, a thank you, lending a helping hand, or even just letting the person behind me go ahead in the checkout line, etc. Things like that which have crossed my mind during any given day and I hurried on, instead of seeing it was an opportunity and God really answering my prayer to be more like Jesus. Opportunities with people I know and also with people I don’t know too.

At the end of the movie where the meaning of the A.R.K. was written in the dirt while Evan and God were standing under the tree.

God: “so, how do we change the world?
Evan: “one Act of Random Kindness at a time”

Acts 17:6
But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brethren to the rulers of the city, crying out, “These who have turned the world upside down have come here too.

What was the early church doing that was misunderstood by non-believers? ““one Act of Random Kindness at a time”…but God understands and fellow believers understand that it’s Christ in us the hope of glory. :-)
And here is just some of the things that Acts says they were doing that brought on the above passage.

Acts 4:13-14; 32-33 (NIV)
13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus. 14 And seeing the man who had been healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it…… “32All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they had. 33With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and much grace was upon them all.

So I talked with God when the movie was over and said I was sorry for the missed opportunities to be more like Jesus. I can’t get the missed opportunities back, but I can repent (change my mind) and start here and now with ones that He presents. So I will start with “I love you my brothers and sisters in Christ!” :-)

Kim