MMM - You Know Better Than I from Dreamworks' Joseph: King of Dreams

This time of year we spend a lot of time looking at the year past; more so during the upcoming New Year's celebrations, but even at Christmas we look back. I mean we all have received the family newsletters in our credit cards telling us all the things we wanted to know (and some that we didn't) about the people in our lives. Hopefully when you look back good things come to mind. I hope that 2011 was a year filled with wonderful things, but for some I know it wasn't. So many things have happened over the past year to friends and family that I couldn't even name half probably. For some the good still out weighs the bad but there are those who could not say that. While today's MMM is for everyone, those who feel like 2011 was one of the worst years (or perhaps the worst year) ever, please take the time to think deeply about this blog.

Last night I watched a movie from the year 2000 (man it sounds really long ago when I say it that way). Joseph King of Dreams was a Dreamworks animated film that followed the blockbuster hit Prince of Egypt. The movie is a musical portrayal of the story of Joseph from the book of Genesis. Now it isn't biblically accurate but it is still a good movie and gets the message of the story of Joseph across to the audience. In the middle of the movie, when Joseph is in jail for a crime he didn't commit, there is a great song that is the focus of today's MMM. Check it out below or by clicking here.

Often when things go bad or things just plain go with neither an up nor down, we can feel abandoned by God wondering where he is. Like Joseph in the clip, we find ourselves challenging God that we don't belong where we are, that the things that have happened to us should have happened to someone else, or even that He doesn't really care. Yet if we take time to realize God is in control we also realize that He knows what he is doing better than we do. The chorus has a line in it that goes "I've let go the need to know why" that's what we have to do. Maybe 2011 wasn't great for you and you question God but if you let go the need to know why it happened you will have and easier time finding peace.

My favorite line from the song is the start of the second verse which goes "If this has been a test I cannot see the reason But maybe knowing I don't know is part of getting through." When things go bad or don't go anywhere we feel like God is testing us but like a kid in school, if we don't understand the reason for the test we get upset at the person giving us the test and look for meaning everywhere else. Sometimes though a test is just a test and the reason wouldn't even make sense if we knew why. This isn't to say that we should make light of anyone's tests, they deserve support but to push deeper than just through the test is to question God. The second part of that verse looks at that "I tried to do what's best But faith has made it easy To see the best thing i can do Is to put my trust in You." We try to do what we think is best based on what we think the test is for but if we would just put our faith in God, he would get us through. First Corinthians 10:13 tells us that no temptation (or trial) is too hard for us cause God has given us a way to get through it.

As we look back at the year and forward to the next, I hope you will remember that no matter what has happened or what you think the next year looks like; God will be with us. He know what lies in front of us and the best way around it. Trust Him to lead you where you need to go, knowing that where you've been is only part of the journey. Whether you trusted Him then or not, look to Him for way to get through whatever is to come.

God Bless and Happy Holidays