Knowledge = Better Vision

"The natural desire of good men is knowledge." - Da Vinci

While watching the film Jaws with my brother the other day, we were able to decipher some of the things we had learned about the making of this movie while visiting Universal Studios Hollywood. In this 1975 blockbuster film known as the first movie about sharks, some of the location of this movie was filmed in a back lot at Universal Studio.

 

In the movie they also used three motorized sharks, which were amazingly lifelike.

 

 

What is so great about Universal Studio in Hollywood is you learn about how movies are made, and the hidden secrets behind those special effects. Now that I have knowledge of how some movies were made, my viewership of a film now consists of more than just watching a film to be entertained.

 

On the Special Effects stage at Universal we learned how backdrops are used to illustrate a scene without ever having to be at the specific location. They used some of us guests to help stage a scene in a film where you are rowing in a boat with the backdrop of a body of water projected on a moving screen behind you.

 

Upon watching the 1954 film River of No Return starring Marilyn Monroe and Robert Mitchum, I was able to quickly acknowledge the scene of Marilyn sure enough rowing a raft along a river which really wasn't there!

 

So, now that I have the knowledge of how films are made I can view them differently. Which leads me to this,

 

"How do we see God in light of our circumstances?"

 

If we have the knowledge of God's Word, especially the many stories of people being elevated above their circumstances, shouldn't we see our own circumstances in a different view while carrying that knowledge?

 

If we know the stories of how Noah was able to sustain a flood, Moses able to withstand some stiff-necked, rebellious Israelites while leading them in the desert, and Job able to come away doubly-blessed after losing everything, then maybe we should view our own situations differently, don't you think?

 Having knowledge and actually using that knowledge makes all the difference in the world and in how we should view life.

 

 

   In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God’s promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge, ⁶ and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with patient endurance, and patient endurance with godliness, ⁷ and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love for everyone.

⁸ The more you grow like this, the more productive and useful you will be in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. - 2 Peter 1:5-8