Once again, I am struck by the focused transformation occuring in the arts.
I ran into a friend last night at the mall, and ended up seeing him touched. I didn't know he's in opera. I knew he loves Jesus, dances and sings well. I didn't know it had been on Broadway. I didn't know how people don't know what to do with him, because God-in-him shines in open society and not closed churches. Oh, and he goes to homes and parties that we might not visit as readily as Jesus did. I didn't know how discouraging it could be to be so blessed and that it makes a guy want to quit when so close to everything he was created to be, speak on behalf of, and smile with. (Actually, I think you and I both do.. haha..)
And I definitely don't know how radically all of that is going to change. God is bent on causing His love's shining to radiate through the mediums
He created to express
Himself. I'm no expert on these mediums, but I do experientially and prophetically know that He is touching dancers, violinists, actors and actresses, filmmakers and producers, poets and singers. He's moving on indie rock and classical concertos. He might even get a few preachers in on the action.
Haha, again..
I'm encouraged and all I know about what's happening is starting where God never left off: with the one. That one whose painting partners with His heart, and that one who He specifically made to shine a transforming light on Broadway - or Harlem, a skatepark, or a back alley poetry joint in Los Angeles. Mabye even Blogger.
Jesus is waiting for us to look to Him, and not to what entangles or tempts us - i.e., religious and superficial distractions and entanglements that keep us from shining where we've been placed. Look to Him, really gaze and meditate, and then look at your hands - what do you put them to? Your quited heart and mind - how do they let the Christ flow from the true you?
