Many of us watch, listen, and hang out with things that aren't necessarily Godly. I'm not saying that you need to give all up, but you need to find God in it. So I am going to give an example how you can find God while watching T.V.
So over fall break, I ended up watching a lot of T.V., and it was one show in particular. It was my mom's favorite show growing up as a teen, and now I'm in love with it. It is a show set in the western times of the United States, which is a time period I love. It is Alias Smith and Jones. To give a brief over view of the show. It is about two outlaws, Hannibal Heyes (Alias name: Joshua Smith) and Kid Curry (Alias name: Thaddeus Jones), who are trying to reform to get the government's amnesty. There is a episode I like called "The Wrong Train to Brimstone," where Heyes and Curry are on a train with people are trying to kill the Devil's Hole Gang which is the gang that Heyes and Curry were leaders of. So Heyes and Curry were going to risk their chance of getting amnesty, to save their gang. They put everything on the line that they want, to do what needed to be done. In the end, Heyes and Curry found a way to save their amnesty, and protect their gangs.
Now some after you are wondering how does this relate to God. Genesis 22:6-18 says, "Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them went on together, Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, “Father?”
“Yes, my son?” Abraham replied.
“The fire and wood are here,” Isaac said, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering? Abraham answered, “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two of them went on together.
When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. But the angel of the Lord called out to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!”
“Here I am,” he replied.
“Do not lay a hand on the boy,” he said. “Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.”
Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son. So Abraham called that place The Lord Will Provide. And to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.”
The angel of the Lord called to Abraham from heaven a second time and said, “I swear by myself, declares the Lord, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies,
and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me.”
Now Abraham was willing to sacrifice everything he had For God, like how Heyes and Curry was willing to sacrifice their amnesty for their friends. God may call us to do something that we don't want to do, but if we trust in the Lord and do what he says, then he will reward us for our trust. Abraham trusted God and he got to keep his son, and be the father to God's people, while Heyes and Curry saved their friends from a massacre and was able to keep the amnesty.
I also like connecting T.V. shows to the bible, because it is a modern take on the versus. Somethings happened so long ago, that it is hard to see how it fits with our life, but if you can connect it to T.V. shows, then you can make the connection on how it can fit in your life. So try sitting down with your favorite T.V. show and just search for God, and he might just find you.
P.S. If you haven't seen Alias Smith and Jones, I suggest you give it a try because it is really good.:)
So over fall break, I ended up watching a lot of T.V., and it was one show in particular. It was my mom's favorite show growing up as a teen, and now I'm in love with it. It is a show set in the western times of the United States, which is a time period I love. It is Alias Smith and Jones. To give a brief over view of the show. It is about two outlaws, Hannibal Heyes (Alias name: Joshua Smith) and Kid Curry (Alias name: Thaddeus Jones), who are trying to reform to get the government's amnesty. There is a episode I like called "The Wrong Train to Brimstone," where Heyes and Curry are on a train with people are trying to kill the Devil's Hole Gang which is the gang that Heyes and Curry were leaders of. So Heyes and Curry were going to risk their chance of getting amnesty, to save their gang. They put everything on the line that they want, to do what needed to be done. In the end, Heyes and Curry found a way to save their amnesty, and protect their gangs.
Now some after you are wondering how does this relate to God. Genesis 22:6-18 says, "Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them went on together, Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, “Father?”
“Yes, my son?” Abraham replied.
“The fire and wood are here,” Isaac said, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering? Abraham answered, “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two of them went on together.
When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. But the angel of the Lord called out to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!”
“Here I am,” he replied.
“Do not lay a hand on the boy,” he said. “Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.”
Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son. So Abraham called that place The Lord Will Provide. And to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.”
The angel of the Lord called to Abraham from heaven a second time and said, “I swear by myself, declares the Lord, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies,
and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me.”
Now Abraham was willing to sacrifice everything he had For God, like how Heyes and Curry was willing to sacrifice their amnesty for their friends. God may call us to do something that we don't want to do, but if we trust in the Lord and do what he says, then he will reward us for our trust. Abraham trusted God and he got to keep his son, and be the father to God's people, while Heyes and Curry saved their friends from a massacre and was able to keep the amnesty.
I also like connecting T.V. shows to the bible, because it is a modern take on the versus. Somethings happened so long ago, that it is hard to see how it fits with our life, but if you can connect it to T.V. shows, then you can make the connection on how it can fit in your life. So try sitting down with your favorite T.V. show and just search for God, and he might just find you.
P.S. If you haven't seen Alias Smith and Jones, I suggest you give it a try because it is really good.:)
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