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March 19, 2008
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Remember, by Tim Archer
When they were young, my kids loved videos. They could watch the same
movies over and over again. Consequently, I watched the same movies
over and over again. Not as many times as my kids, but I certainly
would get a good dose of each movie. One favorite in our household was
the Disney movie, "Lion King." In the movie, Simba, the young lion who
is next in line to be king of his pride is present when his father dies
in an accident. Simba is convinced that he is to blame for his father's
death and flees into the desert. He is rescued there by two jungle
animals who take him to an oasis and nurse him back to health. These
are insectivores, eating only grubs, worms and other bugs. They teach
the young lion to live as they do. Their key phrase is "Hakuna Matata,"
a Swahili phrase meaning "There are no worries here." For them, life
was about eating, dancing and singing. They felt no responsibilities
toward anyone else.
Then comes the time when Simba has a vision of his dead father. The
ex-king has one word for his son: "Remember." The young lion was meant
to be royalty, king of the beasts, leader of the pride of lions.
Instead, he was eating bugs and living a selfish life. His life was far
from what it was meant to be.
Remember!
For many of us, that's the very thing that we need. We need to
remember. We need to remember who we are supposed to be. We need to
remember who God made us to be. We were not made to live like animals.
God has instilled in us a sense of purpose, a dignity, a higher
calling. We need to remember.
Just as Simba needed to remember whose son he was, we need to see that
God has given us the chance to be His sons. We can be so much more than
bug-eating self-centered animals. We can be royalty, sons and daughters
of the King, children of God. We can be part of God's family, living
our lives with purpose and dignity. We have been called to greatness.
We just have to remember who we are. We just have to remember Whose
children we can be.
If you'd like to know more about God's call, learn more about His
purpose for you, contact me at tim@hopeforlife.org or leave a comment
on our blog at www.hopeforlife.org/blog.
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is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has
come!"
This new life is a free gift of God through faith in Jesus Christ. If
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whatever you've done, you can begin again.
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(c) 2008 Herald of Truth
RELATED LINKS:
* Changing the Past
http://hopeforlife.org/blog/entry.asp?ENTRY_ID=26
* Stepping Out
http://hopeforlife.org/blog/entry.asp?ENTRY_ID=21
* It's Not for Everyone
http://hopeforlife.org/blog/entry.asp?ENTRY_ID=24
* HopeForLife
http://www.hopeforlife.org
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