It's interesting... No, amazing really, how God works. We watched the movie "Inkheart" a few nights ago. The premise of the movie revolves around a "silver tongue" — a person whose reading of a story brings that story to life. As the silver-tongue reads aloud, the characters in the story come "out of the story" and essentially come into our world. For each character in "their world" that comes out, a random person in "our world" is taken into the story. A movie sub-plot focuses on the original author of the book "Inkheart." The book's author is pulled into the movie's main story line, and as he begins to see his story and his characters come to life, he has strong desire to become a very part of the story he has created. As the movie nears its conclusion, the silver-tongue grants the author's wish and "reads him" into his own story — he becomes a character in the very story he created!At our church over the last 6 months or so, we have been reading and studying "The Story" — a chronological paraphrase of the Bible, published by Zondervan. This is God's story — He is the Creator and the Author. We are the characters He has created. Not unlike in the movie "Inkheart", the characters and story-line have taken on a life of their own. In this week's sermon and study, "The Story" reaches its climax. The Author of this "Story" moves to become a part of the very story He created! But in contrast to "Inkheart," this Author puts into motion a plan He determined even before the story started! He will not just be a simple part of the story, but He will enter the "Story" to save and redeem the very characters He has created. He enters His story to change the ending. The Story was headed towards a dreadful conclusion. God enters and rewrites the final chapter while the Story is in progress!
