Day 51 – Be Alert

Day 51 – Today was the first day of Drama Club for the Winter/Spring season. We are doing The Wizard of Oz. We have 56 kids between the ages of 9 and 15. I love most moments with drama but the first day is always chaotic. We always have new students and then there is the excitement of all being back together again.

The biggest thing that we do different than any other regular drama group is give a Gospel message at the end of our performances. We always tie in an awesome message that is clearly God driven and as far as I know, there has been at least one person to come to Christ every time we have done that. This time is no different. We came up with some awesome ties with the entire play. In fact, the Gospel message has been so clear that we knew the moment that it became apparent; we would get hit from every direction up until the play.

I had to laugh today because as my friend, who helps me run drama, and I tried to get to drama, we hit every possible obstacle. We had been working on a project for the greater part of the afternoon and knew that we had just enough time to make it on time to drama. We hit construction traffic not once but twice, we hit every light (which there were probably 30) and when there wasn't a light – we hit school buses with red flashing lights. We both knew what was happening and while frustrated, we both chose to laugh because it was so clear cut how we were being pulled away.

If you don't think these things happen, you aren't paying attention. Satan would like nothing than to distract you from doing the work of God. God warns us and tells us to be alert. That is a pretty clear statement that we shouldn't ignore. Open your eyes and watch the little things around you whether an argument, traffic, or something as goofy as lights and construction.

I Peter 5:8

 ⁸Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. ⁹Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings.