The last few weeks I have been working on preparing for a high school lesson series. I have entitled the lesson series, "Let's go to the Movies". It is a lesson series in which we will take movie clips to teach a heavenly meaning. It is something a little bit outside the box.
My first lesson is from "Empire Strikes Back", there is a scene in there where Luke Skywalker is asked by Yoda to raise a spaceship out of the water using the force. He trys and trys to raise it, but can not. He tells Yoda it is impossible and gives up and says it is much to big and goes and does something else. Yoda then using the force raises the spaceship and sets it down on dry land. Luke Skywalker then comes over and is shocked. He goes up to Yoda and says, "I can't believe it - that was impossible". Yoda then looks at him and says, "That is why you failed". - This idea came from David McMurray. Mr. McMurray taught my high school class back when I was in high school. This clip can be powerful in relation to believeing in God. Do we believe that God is in control? Have we put God in a box? Do we tell God what He can or can not do?
This lesson goes along with a lesson I had with the adult class I was teaching called, "Coming to our Senses". One of the lessons focused on our vision. What is our vision individually? As a family? As a Church? The main scriputre was from Proverbs 29:18a - "Where there is no vision the people perish, but he that keeps the law, happy is he". We as individuals, family units or even our Church set goals/visions for the future. Are our visions/goals to the point that some look and say that is impossible. There is no way you can achieve that. Or are we like Yoda and believe. Do we fail at meeting goals due to the fact that we didn't really believe it could happen.
The question is "do I believe that the impossible can happen"? Or am I like Luke Skywalker and do not believe?
This same concept can be true with any aspect of our life. It can be used for our professonal track. It can be used for our relationship with God most importantly.
