Who’s Your Animator?

I went to my 20 Yr. high school reunion last night. I think it’s interesting that people don’t really change their personalities much. We have changed on the outside but on the inside we are still like little kids we running around on the playground. Now we have more responsibilities, weights and wrinkles but the “inner man” which is the eternal part of us is in essence the same. God created us a certain way from which we can’t seem to escape. So what is it that makes some happier than others in the various stages of life? It’s not really what we have on the outside but what we have on the inside that makes the difference. The Bible says, “Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day.” (2 Cor 4:16) If there is something or should I say ‘Someone’ within renewing us; then our lives are being animated by God. He is very creative and interesting and when we let Him be our cartoonist then our lives can be very happy and funny. He is an advanced Author of peace and joy and a Master at writing the stories of our lives. If we try to animate ourselves then we get confused because how will we know where to start. Bugs Bunny is always Bugs Bunnyish but it is not by his own design but by the hand of his creator. He always avoids trouble and stays a step ahead of Elmer Fudd because his creator knows the future and makes it so. Now Bugs Bunny may be funny but what would happen if one day he decided he was going to animate himself and write his own story? Not much, possibly rabbit stew but he’s not really equipped to be the creator of himself but the expression of the animator. So it is with us, God has a desire to infuse us with His life and energy and a path for us to run on. As long as we are on His road we will never get caught by Wiley Coyote. But when are trying to be the author and animator of our own lives we fall into all kinds of traps and wonder why life is so hard and we are not happy. So if we want to experience the good and exciting life you will have to be as smart as a cartoon and let your life be ruled by the Hand of the Creator.