This past Easter Sunday my amazing pastor had brought up a picture of this old painting and announced to the congregation... THE KING HAS ONE MORE MOVE!! He has a way to captivate you and draw you into his sermons like no other. Pastor Steve, as all of us regulars call him, is someone who can speak to you, and you can feel God's presence in the room. When he speaks it is almost as if he wrote the sermon for you. Gasp! can it be? He must know my inner thoughts and all my pain and sorrow. No, but God does. And I truly believe God speaks through him to reach those of us who pay attention. It is an amazing feeling. But Easter Sunday in particular his sermon seemed to reach my heart because of some things going on in my life at the moment. Which we will get to in another entry.
The King has one more move! The story goes like this....
Two men stand staring in front of a painting in an art gallery. In the painting, a man is playing chess with the devil. The devil is grinning ear-to-ear because he has the man cornered. The title of the painting, “Checkmate,” indicates that the game is over. The devil has won. His opponent has failed. He has no more moves.
The first man looking at the painting wants to move on to view other paintings in the gallery. But the second man, an international chess champion, wants to look at the painting longer, so he waves his friend on and tells him he will catch up later. The chess champion stares and stares at the chess board, then suddenly he steps back, flabbergasted. “It’s wrong!” he exclaims. “There’s one more move.” He runs to his friend and together they look at the painting. “We have to contact the painter,” the chess champion says. “It’s not checkmate. The King has one more move!”
Throughout the Bible, this game has been played: The Israelites found momentary freedom only to face the formidable Red Sea with Pharoah and his armies in hot pursuit. The King had one more move! Daniel was lowered into den full of hungry lions for defying a tyrant and standing up for his faith. The King had one more move! A 9 ft. tall fighting champion named Goliath called for a winner-take-all, one-on-one fight to settle the war. A little shepherd boy took him on. The King had one more move! Jesus was tortured, crucified, and buried for 3 days. But the King had one more move!
Ever feel like life has you beat? The King has One more Move!
Ever feel like Satan has you trapped? The King has One more Move!
Ever feel like a failure? Like you’re out of options? Like you’ve lost hope?
Jesus, the King has One more Move!
In the many battles I have had in my life, God always had one more move when I thought I was cornered or there was no way out of the problem at hand. It's no lie when I say that my Cancer battle had shaken my faith. We all have moments when we get lost or just feel alone. No way out. I believe that God has a plan for all of us. But we need to be the ones to understand the plan and execute the plan to our fullest potential. It is a work in progress. I strive to work the plan God has laid out before me. With my amazing wife by my side, we are unstoppable. Teaching our children that God always has their backs when the world seems to close in on you or the problem is too big. It is not too big For God. The King has one more move!!
Tell me your story! How has the King moved in your life?
God Bless \m/
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