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God Makes Them
Princess Isabelle: I understand you
have recently been given the rank of knight.
William Wallace: I have been given nothing. God makes
men what they are.
~dialogue from Braveheart (R)
I really enjoy pondering various thoughts
and dialogs from this movie. Since this film oozes with
concepts of freedom and honor, it's easy to find things
that inspire and urge us to really live. This little
bit is one of those that I've taken the time to ponder...
I'd like to focus more so on William's
response. I agree with the second statement William
makes, but I don't believe the first one is quite right.
Maybe I'm just being a little to picky here, but I'm
going to run with it anyway. "I have been given
nothing. God makes men what they are."
First things first... "I have been
given nothing." Now, I'm sure I'm dicing things
a little too much here, but I'm also sure this statement
was implying something like "I have been given
nothing... from the men who knighted me"... keyword
being men. However, that's not my point. I believe each
and every thing we have is a gift, a gift from above...
from the Father of Lights.(a) I don't have anything,
not even my breath, without the hand of God at work.
Second, "God makes men what they
are." Right on Mr. Wallace! It is because of this
statement I'm lead to believe the implication I made
of the first statement, but then you already know what
I think about the first... on to the second.
The bible states clearly that we are
wonderfully made(b) by God... it was like this from
the beginning(c) and it has always been this way no
matter what people in this world try to say. The best
part of it is God doesn't stop there... God creates
us... AND... God also gives each and everyone of us
a purpose in life.(d) Perhaps it's something that will
take years... maybe it's not just one thing, in fact
I'm guessing it's much more than just one thing. I believe
our purpose in life is something or things that will
last our whole lifetime... after all without purpose
why are we here?
God gives us gifts and talents that
will go right in line with our purpose in life. Certainly
He will stretch us and urge us to often step out on
a limb... to do things that will take us out of our
comfort zone, but He won't leave us to do it on our
own.(e)
I believe God will call us to do various
things during our lifetime and He is prepared to equip
us with everything we need to be successful in them.(f)
Perhaps that means He's already given you a talent and
all you need is the confidence to use it... or maybe
it's something completely new and He desires to expand
your horizons. In either case He will provide, our job
is to trust Him(g) and walk in the gift.
(a) James 1:17
(b) Psalm 139:13-16
(c) Genesis 1:26-28
(d) Jeremiah 29:11
(e) Psalm 138:8
(f) 2 Timothy 3:16-17
(g) Proverbs 3:5
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