A filmmaking technique teaches us a way to see God
in the ordinary. A cinematographer, Bob
Fisher, wrote a passionate article recently about the need for movie crews to
spend some time every day reviewing the film that was shot the day before. By delaying production temporarily to review
the previous day's work, filmmakers can spot little mistakes while they can
still be corrected and can celebrate what is going right. In Fisher's words, "Watching film
dailies is uplifting. It energizes everyone."
In a similar way, it's a very helpful thing for us
to take a few moments to "review the dailies" with God. You can do this right now by walking through
yesterday in your mind with God and asking where He was present and at work in
each scene. Start with the moment when
you woke up in the morning. God was
present, waking you up, giving you a mini-resurrection. What were your first thoughts? What do you think God wanted to say to you in
that moment?
Then go on from one scene to the next through your
day. As I review what happened when I
greeted my family, ate breakfast, and went through meetings at work, I see
patterns emerging -- the ongoing presence of anxiety or anger -- that I miss
when I don't take time to review the dailies.
Most of all, I look and listen to see how God is speaking to me through
these scenes. I realize He was talking
to me through the words of another person or the lines of a book or the therapy
of laughter. The more often I review,
the better I get at recognizing Him in "real time."
--
John Ortberg in God Is Closer Than You Think
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