At The Movies - The Sandlot
This fourth week of our At The Movies series, Legacy City Church gathered together to see what biblical themes we could find in the sports and 90’s classic The Sandlot. Elder Adam Weyer brought the word this past Sunday out of Jonah 1 - we are so thankful to have such passionate and able Elders who are willing to preach the Word! If you were not able to make it to our Gathering this past Sunday, know that we missed you! Unfortunately, due to some copyright concerns, we will not be able to have recorded sermons for this series. Be sure to continue to check back in at Legacy City’s Blog going forward - next week we will be finishing the series!
If you haven’t seen The Sandlot before, the plot essentially is a coming-of-age story about a boy coming into a new environment that brings him into their group through baseball. At first, there are some growing pains about being ‘the new kid’, but the group embraces him as their own! On the field that they play baseball, the Sandlot, there is a big wooden fence that separates the kids from a junkyard with a big scary dog - the Beast. Eventually, they have to overcome their fears by going over the fence to retrieve a really valuable baseball and they’re met with very different circumstances than they ever would have thought!
The Sandlot is a fun and whimsical story, but there are a lot of really biblical themes that we see play out through some days at the Sandlot. The whole story surrounds the danger that the big wooden fence suggests - this is closed off area to the kids and all they hear are big scary growls of the Beast on the other side. El. Adam hit the ground running with the first chapter of Jonah when God prompts Jonah to go and minister to a dangerous people who have a history of being against the things of God (Jn. 1:1-3). The history of the Ninevites was Jonah’s big wooden fence - his fear overcame his faithfulness towards God and His plan for Jonah and the people of Ninevah.
Just like in The Sandlot, the story of Jonah is only getting started - the fence is meant to be acknowledged and it is meant to be conquered. It isn’t always fun or pretty to have to face, but Jonah eventually comes to embrace his calling to go and minister to the people of Ninevah; maybe your journey has felt similar to Jonah’s, I mean, he had to get thrown overboard during a storm to realize what he needed to do (Jn 1:4-17)! In the Sandlot, the kids eventually build up the courage to scale the fence and go after the baseball hit over it. I don’t want to give any spoilers, but that big bad Beast, wasn’t at all what the kids thought it to be. In our walks with God, we have to identify what our ‘Beasts’ are - we can conquer them because our faithfulness comes from a mighty and powerful God!
Where is your faithfulness towards the ‘Beast’ in your life? Are we still gazing at our big wooden fence wondering how we will ever build up the courage to scale it - or are we seeking after the faithfulness we see in Scripture of great men and women of God like Jonah? Seek the Lord in prayer, in studying His Word, and community in His Church; the powerful acts of faith we see in Scripture are meant as more than an example to us, they are testaments to God’s faithfulness towards our faithfulness!
SOME KEY TAKE-AWAYS
The Sandlot - such a great sports and 90’s classic, go check it out!
Main Scripture Passage: Jonah 1:1-17
What Beast is on the other side of your Fence? (Jonah 1:1-3)
Go, and Face the Beast! (Jonah 1:4-17)
Where is your faith in your situation?
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Join us next Sunday when we conclude the At The Movies series with Avengers: Endgame! We have one last week, and it’s going to be awesome - We’re saving you a seat, and know that You Are Loved!