The Story Of God

The Story of God

Once upon a time, there was God. The Story was always about Him, although like every good story, the main character wasn’t in every scene. But you always knew He was there. It was His story, after all, and a fascinating story at that. Heroes rose and fell, but those who fell and were true heroes got back up again. And each one did something that no one had ever seen before and what has never been seen since.

However, like every really good story, the Story of God was filled with conflict, dark villains, and hard times. Overwhelming odds rose up. But this was to be expected, for it’s impossible for anyone to have a good story without conflict. And so the Story of God became one of dark suspense, and for some, dramatic horror.

Several chapters into the Story, however, there was a sudden and unexpected plot twist (although if you look back, you can see several clues leading up to it): In the midst of those overwhelming odds, God provided a creative and unprecedented means of overcoming the odds and for infusing abundant life to all those characters who were in His story. Those characters in God’s story – who were already heroes, mind you – became larger-than-life, triumphantly achieving great exploits as they battled those overwhelming odds. And so it was that with that plot twist, God’s story became an action-adventure and a beautiful romance. And then…

The End.

Oh, wait, I suppose there are several letters from a few of the Story’s characters (because this was a true Story), and then there’s that glimpse into the eternity that is to come. All of that, we can see, is important to the telling of the tale, but then the back cover of the book is closed. We settle back with a satisfied sigh: what a good story. We laughed, we cried. Two thumbs up and a five-star rating. We remind ourselves to tell someone else the highlights of the Story. We get together weekly in a book club and discuss the Story. We commit to reading one or two chapters of the Story periodically, maybe even daily. Boy, there sure is a lot we can learn from the Story of God, now that it’s completed.

But wait a minute… The audience gasps in surprise. What’s this? Another plot twist! Could it be…? Yes, it is! It’s almost too good to be true, but this Story, this beautiful, wonderful Story of God is not over. In spite of what some people – maybe even you – have thought, it’s not completed yet.

The truth is that this is God’s story, and because God has no ending, neither does His Story. His Story continues, and you and I are the ones who are writing it now. Oh, I’m not saying that we’re adding to the biblical canon. What I am saying is that our lives as we live them are telling the next chapter of that Story that worked its way from Adam and Eve, through Job and Moses, Joshua and David, Esther and Elisha, and Peter, Paul and Mary. The Story continued through centuries of being written – sometimes poorly, sometimes well. And now it has come to you and me.

What will be God’s story in your life? Will it be an action-adventure? A romance? Or, in spite of your best intentions, a story in which your actions and inaction are motivated by fear – that is, a horror story? Will it be a story about hesitance or courage? Will it be defined more by doctrinal correctness than by fervor, alive and growing? Will its central theme be one of waiting and wondering, or one of heroically applied faith?

Sometimes I think that, simply by default, it would be easy enough to have my chapter in this great Story end up being one of something other than great heroism and faith. But it doesn’t have to be that way. It could be something tremendous. It could be something unexpected – even by all the other characters around me in the Story. It could be something no one has ever seen before. I’m pretty excited to see how it turns out. In fact, I’m excited to see how yours turns out too, and so are a lot of people – perhaps even the rest of the world. Could it be that that you are the hero of your own chapter and God is waiting for you to continue His story?

Shun Lee
Director
Hollywood Connect

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