Reflection on the movie “Facing The Giants”
Well so here i am reflecting on the show facing the giants. It is the 2nd time i am watching the movie and it never failes to touch and inspire me. I really enjoyed the show and i am glad that i can share my thoughts through the 3,2,1 method. So one word to describe the movie “Inspiring”.
3 scenes that i enjoyed
Definitely the scene where they did the death crawl.
Why? Isn’t that scene encouraging and motivating! It really showed us that we can actually do more than we think we can achieve. For example in the show the coach blindfolded the football player asking him to do the death crawl. He thinks he can only go 50 yards but in reality he crawl through the entire field. It made me realise that when we say “I give up”, it is because of our comfort zone. By not focussing on our comfort zone, we can actually do a lot more than we think. By looking at obstacles we give up easily or when we think we can reach our goal easily we will not put in our 100% effort so sometimes we should blindfold ourselves mentally, put in our 100% best effort and you will be amaze at what we can achieve. So i learnt “NEVER GIVE UP”.
The scene where the father who was wheeled-chaired stood up and supported his son by standing at the goal post encouraging his son to take the final kick. many times we can relate this scene to our lives. We often get a lot of pressure from people in our school, family , workplace . like in school parents want us to do well academically and in the workplace we put pressure on ourselves to climb the career ladder. It is not wrong but many a times we need someone to encourage us and motivated us to overcome the pressure. In the show before he kick the ball he always denies his ability, like ,”i cant kick it , it is too far” or “why me?if i miss every one will blame me” sometimes we put unnecessary pressure on ourselves. We have God with us and as the verse say with God with us who can be against us. God is like the father in the show encouraging us and motivating us to overcome any pressure we have. I felt very touched during that scene it showed me how much the father loved his child.
The last scene i enjoyed is the scene where the coach received the truck. It tells me that if we follow God’s direction he will provide for us. If God ask us to do something he will always provide for us but we have to prepare the fields for the rain so that God can bless us. In the show the coach keep wondering why his team could not win and why God is not helping them, the reason is because GOD IS NOT IN THE PICTURE. So many times in life we blame God about events in our lives like why we fail our exams or why we cannot do well in our workplace or why God never answer our prayers. We blame God many times not knowing it is actually us that prevents God from blessing us. Did we put God in the picture, did we give God all the praise when we did well. Many times we take for granted the blessings God gives us and we blame God for the bad things that happen to us. It is in our human nature to remember bad things or events that happen to us but forget the good things that happen to us. So in conclusion for this scene always put God in the picture and give him all the glory and he will bless us bountifully.
2 things i have learnt from the movie
As Christians we should feel compelled to give everything that we do our best effort. Or rather as Grant Taylor the coach comes to realize, do your best so that you can give glory to God, not to yourself. And sometimes you have to push yourself and even go through some pain in order to do that. Striving for the goal that God has set for us is never supposed to be easy,God puts these things in our lives to build us up, not to win some prize. God never says if you become my child i will make your life smooth sailing, if thats the case Christianity becomes a magic formula for success in life rather than God is the one in control of our lives.Winning is a secondary thing... but we are still suppose to run the race to win all the same. Many times we think winning is everything but who lets us win it is God, so we should give God all the glory and not think it is us that achieve them.
Another thing i have learnt is how the movie is being made. Did you know that the movie is not made in Hollywood but rather it was shot in Georgia, and almost the whole crew is made up of entirely local crew and local actors. Bet u did not know that! it proves if you want to produce a top-quality movie, you don't have to go to Hollywood to get it made. The acting in Facing the Giants is as good as any coming out of Hollywood and the fact that these are ordinary people makes Facing the Giants all the more honest and convincing. I mean acting is easy,we do them almost everyweek in MKC we are all actors and the behind the scenes stuff isn't too hard either, so give everyone a shot or chance to prove their worth. Doesn’t mean expensive stuff are good and high quality, cheap and affordable things are as good or better than the expensive and branded stuff. So in conclusion do not underestimate a person’s worth as he can prove you wrong. Also as this is a Christian show i believe God has bless the making of these show to be as good as any Hollywood show, so if God’s in the picture, he will bless you bountifully.
1 thing I can apply
Trust in God no matter what the circumstances are and praise him whether we fail or succeed. In the show the coach and players bless and prayed to God whether they won or lost the game. As i have said earlier winning is secondary but praising and thanking God is primary. We should bless and thank God whether we fail in life. It is easy to bless God when we are doing well but when we are in our bad times , it is hard to praise God we will always blame God and question him. So i can apply this in my life. Praise God no matter what the situation is.
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