God, the master story-maker. Sitting around our family fire at night in winter, our mother would read us stories and what a storyteller she was. She brought every character to life and made the story live through her creativity and imagination. She invited us into the stories to enjoy the adventures of the characters. I still vividly remember my childhood stories and the impact they had on me. My favourite story was Little Tommy Purr, a naughty kitten who would regularly escape school to go on his own adventures (I love that kitten). What’s your favourite story? Think about stories and how they impact us, shape us, connect us, and communicate meaning. We see ourselves reflected in stories.
God, the master story-maker created an elaborate, exquisite story for us to dwell in. As in every story, the elements of a brilliant narrative are present; a beginning, a meaningful storyline, characters and identities, mystery, intrigue, an evil villain who wreaks destruction (the story-faker), tragedy, the unparalleled Hero (the story re-maker), rescue, the mystery revealed, romance, love, redemption, hope, destiny, the annihilation of the enemy, and in this story the end is eternal. What a brilliant story-maker. The story of God, the master story-maker enables our stories to make sense in God’s overarching story of reality, especially where our stories intersect with God the master story-maker who indwelt our human story, incarnate in Jesus. He wraps His story around each of us, giving us a part in His story of creation and in turn we become His storytellers who invite others to come and meet God, the master story-maker.
God’s story is not a mythical tale that leads us down a rabbit hole and into a fantasy land of misrepresented reality and confusion as many of the cultural stories of today tell. Rather, it is the only authentic story about truth and reality that conveys meaning and profoundly emits the light of the Creator on the paths we tread. God, the master story-maker can be trusted. His credentials stack up as He is the authentic author of the story. He is the ultimate authority on every detail of how the story goes. He has placed His signature on the great storybook of life and when we bring our stories to Him, He signs our personal life storybooks as well. We get to encounter God, the master story-maker up close and personal.
God, the master story-maker is the only author who can finish His story for His redeemed people with the words “and they all lived happily ever after”. What other story do you know that is so compelling as it moves towards a grand finale of ultimate victory and eternal redemption? That’s why the title of God, the master story-maker is exclusively Gods.
So, friends, get your “God-story” on today.
Best days to come.
Wen