When I’m looking, God shows up in some of the craziest places. His latest appearance was last week on the show “Top Shot.” It’s a reality show with marksmen competing for $50,000 and the chance to become Top Shot.
One of the competitors is a Christian counselor named Dustin. He’s vocal about his faith (not in an obnoxious kind of way, but they know what he believes), and he doesn’t have anything after his name as a title like, “All Time National Champion of the World of Guns” or anything like that. So the team saw him as their weak link, and voted to send him to the “elimination challenge” (if you lose this, you have to leave). The comments before the challenge showed just how confident everyone was that he wasn’t gonna be coming back. Dustin was feeling the pressure, and even he seemed a little uncertain. I felt badly for him.
…….the dramatic cliffhanger before the commercial and thennnnnnnn….. The Challenge……
Dustin “smoked” his competitor. The crowd goes wild!! It was the upset of the day. He shot 24 of the targets and she only got 11. He had everything going against him, according to “the world” - He is a Christian, he is a Christian counselor, and …well, no title, so everyone expected him to lose. But that’s not how my God works!
God’s M.O. is to bring beauty from ashes, so what Dustin and everyone else (including me) thought was a bad thing (the elimination challenge), God used for His good. At the end of that night, all the teammates were praising his shooting and had TREMENDOUS respect for him. God took this little Christian counselor from underdog status to a respected member of the team. With comments like, “I didn’t know just what a strong shooter he was,” Dustin secured his place on the team. Now he will be able to continue to influence his teammates (and the world) for Christ in his gentle way for another week.
I love the way God works in ALL things for those who love the Lord and are called according to his purpose.
Did you see Jesus in any little, out of the ordinary place this week??
Love this, Jenn! I love to find Jesus where He is least expected. You did that very well. Last Friday, I found Him when I spoke to 120 3rd graders about my trip to Greece. I was pleasantly surprised that 90% knew who Paul was, and that all of them knew that the Gods of mythology were not real! Yeah, God!
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