Crazy Love

I'm reading a book by Fancis Chan called Crazy Love and there's a story in there about this actor. He was a small actor, in fact he only had 2/5ths of a seconds scene. Mr. Chan was comparing this 2/5ths of a second actor to our lives in God's world. He was referring to the verse, "Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" James 4:13-14. Then he goes on to talk about how if our lives are only 2/5ths of a second in God's world, then wouldn't we want that percentage of a second to be filled with glorifying God? If we had one thing to show, wouldn't we want it to be completely revolved around God? This small actor playing in this large film is an extra... one in a thousand in a crowd of people. You see his hand, or the back of his head. He's playing in God's movie, yet he invites all of his friends to come watch him in "his" movie. Is this movie really about him? No, it's about God. He has 2/5ths of a second and he wants to make it about him, but really it's all about God.

I think Mr. Chan made an excellent point with this analogy. If you want to find out more about it, you should definitely get the book, Crazy Love. I've only read the first two chapters of it and as soon as I'm finished with this post, I'm going to read more. I just wanted to share this with you. We're only 2/5ths of a second in God's movie... why are we so concerned with how we look, what we wear, what we have... what should matter is whether we used those 2/5ths of a second to glorify God.