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From December 2006
Bruce Almighty and Doing God's Job
I watched Bruce Almighty this afternoon and it was interesting. I
have seen it before but it was different this time. I saw more than just
a movie this time, I saw a meaning behind the movie. The plot is about
Bruce, who never seems to get what he wants. He works as a reporter, but
he wants to be an anchor. He thinks that he gets all the wrong stories
and he wants better ones. He wants more money and more things. Then
another guy gets the job he wanted and his life seems to fall apart.
Just as it seems that his life couldn’t get any worse he gets beeped.
His beeper keeps going off until he finally gives in and calls the
number. He is offered a job and told to go to a warehouse. At the
warehouse he meets God. During his troubles Bruce gave up on God at
asked why God wasn’t doing a better job. During the meeting God gives
Bruce his powers. Bruce eventually discovers that he is not doing a good
job at God’s job. He doesn’t know everything so when he didn’t know the
consequences of his actions.
The part of the story that really made me
think, though, is that Bruce thought that he would be better at being
God than God is. This is a thought that probably most of us have had at
some point. Of course we don’t just come right out and say it, but it is
there deep inside. When we pray and think that what we pray for has to
come true because we know that it is best for us, we are trying to do
God’s job. When we see the troubles of the world and think that God
should do something about them, we are thinking that God is not doing it
right. I know that I have been guilty of these kinds of thoughts many
times. This attitude is complete arrogance, we think that we know better
than God does. God knows everything, including the future, he knows
what is really best for us. Bruce Almighty convicted me of the fact that
I have been arrogant. I never thought that I would learn a spiritual
lesson from such a mainstream movie, but I did.
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