Slapstick Genius Masterpiece

 

Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at

TDAgiantslayer@gmail.com 

 

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One of my favorite stories and its true was back in the early days of hollywood Charlie chaplin was the biggest movie star in hollywood. When he went to vacation in Monte Carlo they had a Charlie Chaplin look alike contest, no one knew he was there, so he entered… and took 3rd place. 

 

If you were going to pick out 2 people who were more diverse and at equally opposite and polar in the spectrum of public opinion one might not have to go much further than Albert Einstein and Charlie Chaplin. One is known as the smartest man who ever lived and the author of the theory of relativity and the other was at one time the most famous person on the planet due to his black and white slapstick comedy.

Charlie Chaplin hosted Einstein once in Hollywood and he best summed up their differences quite succinctly. He said as we drove around Hollywood California, people would recognize us and they would clap and cheer for Albert because no one understood him, and they would stand and clap and cheer for me because everyone did understand me.

Think of it. One was famous and well paid for being misunderstood, to smart and un-relatable. The other was so obviously comic to the point of being sophomoric and mundane… it was slapstick… no words needed. But they were both the best in class. They both made great impacts in their respected fields at the highest level. They both were paid well and both known through out the world.

 

You know God can use anyone… you can be so smart you are seemingly untouchable and geeky to the point of people feeling like you are out of touch with reality. Or you could be a muscle bound stud muffin who graces the cover of GQ… it don’t matter to God. He has created YOU with no equal. So just be you… Just be the person who says God how can I be the vest version of who you have created me to be. 

You may have heard me say this before and it is aline I have stolen from the book Love medicine and miracles by Dr. Bernie Seilgel. When you die, you will not get up to heaven only to have God ask you why you were not more like so and so movie star, or business person or instagram influencer… God will only want to know why you were not more like the person he created you to be. 

 

Psalm 139:13-14 You alone created my inner being. You knitted me together inside my mother. I will give thanks to you because I have been so amazingly and miraculously made. Your works are miraculous, and my soul is fully aware of this.

Be the masterpiece. God created you as his workmanship is what Ephesians tells us. That word workmanship means masterpiece. Yes it is sad, tragic and evil that abortion has killed- that is murdered 62 million masterpieces… it is horrific and God should destroy our nation because of it… but don’t miss the point- you are a masterpiece - are you just as guilty by not living out your uniqueness and qualities that God has given you. To live and never truly live is the same as being dead your whole life.

Today is the Day to start to live to Gods fullest potential. Its not to late… Colnel sanders was in his late 70’s, Julia childs was in her late 50’s, Nelson Mandela was in prison for 20 plus years… the list goes on and on… Chuck Colson was kicked out of politics, thrown in prison and at a later stage in life became an amazing man of God and won thousands to Christ.

Go do it, go be it, go live it… live for the master as HIS masterpiece.