Theatre Devotional

This is a devotion I wrote nearly five years ago....and I shared with my cast at dinner theatre yesterday before opening night as an encouragement. It is from a group of devotions I wrote called Definitions of God.

September 22, 2009 – Scene

Scene – a division of a play or an opera, a location at which an event or action happens, the view of a place or an activity

Isaiah 41:4  "Who did this? Who made it happen? Who always gets things started? I did. God. I'm first on the scene. I'm also the last to leave.

1Corinthians 1:7 Just think - you don't need a thing, you've got it all! All God's gifts are right in front of you as you wait expectantly for our Master Jesus to arrive on the scene for the Finale.

I love theatre in case I haven’t told you yet. I love the process from beginning to end, from choosing the script, the auditions, the grind of rehearsals, the putting together of the scenes bit by bit, the gelling of the cast into a solid team, the joy of seeing it all come together on stage, the camaraderie of the cast, the thrill of performance…it is incredibly addictive!! I love the way theatre speaks to people; it takes a slice of real life, or what could be real life, and turns it into a scene that moves or enlightens or touches people in ways they did not think was possible. Theatre is powerful in that it tells stories scene by scene, passionate stories, inspirational stories, heartbreaking stories, joyful stories, silly stories, hilarious stories. The scenes of love and war and misfortune and success and delight bring people together in a common experience…you hope they come out nodding their heads in agreement with the scene you have played out before them.

God is on scene. He’s there in every moment playing it out. God has had the script since the beginning. He is the Director of our lives in the most complex scenes and storyline ever put together…imagine interweaving the blocking of the characters of the world over time, so that each person will cross the other’s pass at exactly the right moment to exact just a reaction from those involved. See the sets He has designed to perfection. He has decked us with talents and dressed us in His cloak of grace. The script He has written is better than any movie or play I have ever seen…with intrigue and horror and love and passion and betrayal and sacrifice and romance and out of this world supernatural special effects. Day in and day out God stages an incredible drama…with a Super Hero so amazing He is barely believable but all too real. And all these scenes with come together in the crescendo of the most incredible Finale this world has ever seen. It will bring them to their knees…literally…in amazement and awe and recognition. I can’t wait to see how it all plays out, can you?

Pray today for a role to play and not a spectator seat in the greatest scenes God has ever produced. I love you!!