Let Me Prove My Weirdness Again!

Most of you need no further proof but I want to share something I got stuck thinking on last night. I watched the movie "Knowing" starring Nicolas Cage. They used imagery from Ezekiel and tried to show how the world could come to an end but we would not have come to our end. Of course, they left out the best part. They left out Jesus.

Before the movie started I had been writing on what does it mean to be predestined. I asked Karen what she thought and she answered what most of us have been taught: predestined is to be predetermined where you're going to go- heaven or hell, whether you are going to be saved or unsaved. Too bad, so sad - that way of looking at it is all wrong.

Predestination is not about where we are going. It is about where God has already gone. To be predestined is to have the specs drawn up for us to follow. God has already done that. He has set forth Jesus as the way, the truth, and the life. John 14: 6 tells us "No one makes progress to the Father but by him."

Back to the movie. It was filled with numbers that warned of disasters and the final catastrophe. The numbers provided dates, fatalaties, and the latitude and longitude for each event.

I asked myself what coordinates does God give so that we will know we are in the right place when the final catastrophe comes. I googled how you determine the location of an object in a three-dimensional space. I found out you need three points, three coordinates {x, y, and z} to determine your location.

Well, here's where my weirdness kicks in. I found the coordinates, {the x, y, and z} that will put anyone and everyone in the right place when disaster comes. It is found in Peter's confession to Jesus in Matthew 16: 16. You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God." Using the first letters of each important word in that confession we find our proper coordinates. You are the X, the Y of the Z. Is that where you are? Is that your confession? Are you in the right place?

I invite you to be weird like me; postioned in the world by your confession of Jeus and your commitment to Jesus!