Script Changes 

Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.
1 Peter 5:6 (NIV)

Does Jesus only fit into your life to direct the stage upon which you are acting out life? Or does He have enough lordship in your life to take the script and make some adjustments? Can He change the scenes and adjust your role when necessary?

I love the role Jesus has given me, but I don’t always like some of the script changes. Why? Because I like being the hero. I like it when somebody is in desperate need, and I get to put my cape on and fly to the apex of the mountaintop and rescue them from the hand of the foe. But I don’t like it when I’m the one in the valley, and somebody has to swoop down and pick me up.

I like it when people come to me and ask me for encouragement, and it flows out of my mouth because of the gift of wisdom and the power of the Holy Spirit. But I don’t like it when I’m the one walking around in confusion and can’t figure out two plus two.

We can’t always be the hero of the story. There are times when Jesus takes the manuscript and says, “Hero in scene one, but desperately in need in scene two.” He does this to keep us humble so that we don’t become conceited and think more highly of ourselves than we should.

Learn to exercise patience while your script is being edited. Learn to see in your blindness. Learn to produce in your pain. Learn to discern in your detours. Pay attention in your fatigue. Breathe in your frustrations. Be aware in your mistreatment.

Allow God to place you in the specific role that He has for your life, and then play your part faithfully under His direction.