'Facing The Giants', a movie that portrays a American football coach that had been with a school, coaching his players for 6 years and had never won a championship. At the verge where is faced with life challenges, his wife and him could not have babies, and he is going to be out of job, he broke down and prayed hard for answers from God. He questioned why is he put through such a big challenge in life, breaking him every pieces that he has. And through prayers, he understood the meaning of life and the reason why he was placed in this world. He accepted that he was placed in this world for a reason, and that reason is to worship Him and through him, that the glory of God can be praised. Sharing this newly found beliefs, he shared his philosophy with his players and that had made a difference in his players. Their faith and their hope. Their meaning of life. And what they are living for.
That would sum up the movie in a nutshell. However, if you guys would like to watch the movie, go get it. You will never regret it.
Here, I would like to share what I have learnt from the movie. Might differs from everyone, but most importantly everyone of us, picked up something from the sharing and help make us a better person.
First and foremost, the one thing that I learnt is, "With God, all things are possible." This had created an impact in my whole movie watching session. We humans, I believe are capable of things and yet we are weak by nature. We lose faith easily. Give in to disappointment, often discouraged by the challenges we faced in life. And so, we need something stronger and more powerful to believe in, to hold us together in one piece.
In this case, I want to believe in something more powerful overseeing me, on my doings, and my achievements. In the movie, Coach Grant Taylor shared with his players, on one of the practice sessions, he shared, "My actions will always reflects my beliefs." Quoting a scene where David Childers is going to do a 51-yard kick, he walked to the field looking down on the ground and shaking his head as he lift head towards the goal. Guess what his belief is? Yes. You are right. That he is going to miss the kick. He's telling himself that, by his actions. And this will lead to the next point that Coach Taylor pointed out to him, when the Giants called for a time out. Coach Taylor ran to David and shared, "If you have already accepted defeat, that's what you will get."
That sentence strike me right at the heart. Just like how Kinders' brothers always shared with us from their book, "You will never get a sale without first expecting it." The sentence may differ, but the message across stays the same.
Next, when Coach Taylor is considering that he should stop coaching, the pastor of the school came to him and shared with him a story. The story is impactful and here it is...
"Once there are 2 farmers praying very hard for rain. Everyday they pray for rain, so that they can harvest their wheats. However, only 1 of the farmer, earnestly go to the field and plant his seed. Now, which farmer is ready for the rain? Which one are you?"
From this story, I learnt that, despite sitting there and praying for success to come, I have to plant my seed. Continue doing what I must do, until God felt that I'm ready, and so he will give me the success. This story also reflects Mr. Chan Chee Hin's sharing at Tropicana the other day about success. Everyone wants success, but only a handful is ready to receive it. That's the difference between successful agents and not successful agents.
In this life, I learnt that I have to have something bigger to live for than just making money and provide for my family. Beside those materialistic and monetary goals, I must have a purpose in life. When my purpose is of a bigger picture, then the rewards that I gained from life will provide all the needs that we long for. This thought was triggered by Coach Taylor when he asked himself, "What am I living for?"
Back to the story, Brock Kelley is the captain of the team. This scene pointed out 3 main points in life. One... "Our attitude's like the aroma of our heart. If our attitude stinks, it only means that our heart is not right." In this scene, Brock doubt the capability of his team mates and at the same time, he questioned the way Coach Taylor is leading the team. That had reflected his attitude towards not only himself but also towards everyone and everything around him, which also means that his heart is not right.
Next point that the scene pointed out is, "Give everything I have, do my level best, and leave everything to God." This scene, Brock was called to do the "Death Crawl." However, he was blind folded and made a commitment to give everything he has, and to give his very best. Half way through the crawl, he was about to give up, Coach Taylor motivated him and reminded him to give everything he has. Give everything until he has nothing left. Leave nothing behind. Move forward. He was reminded that he can do it. The last point that Coach Taylor brought up in this scene was that towards the end of the crawl, Brock stopped and felt so tired. His arms are burning and the teammate that he's carrying on his back is very heavy. Coach Taylor yelled, "When you have used up all the strength, it's all heart from there." To me, that means our strength is limited, but the power of the heart is unlimited. When we are at the verge of breaking down, that's where the heart will kick in and pull us through life. I personally learnt that is so true. I still remembered that when I fight for my KunMing trip during May and June, I was so tired of running and driving around, sharing with everyone about the savings account, believing that I will be able to make it to KunMing, it was the heart that was at work. It was my heart that kept me going and forget about the tiredness. It was my heart that gave me the strength to fight all I have until I have nothing left. And so, I got what I fight for.
This movie had made me cried. I felt that I had not given my very best and I was easily distracted by external factors. All because of one thing that I lack of, believe. Believe that when I have given my very best, my bestest best, until I have nothing left, and leave everything else to God, life will reward me according to the effort that I had put in.
With this new post, I had pledged to give my very best and bestest best, for the next 10 weeks to fight all out for my Egypt. Nothing can stop me from achieving my dream except myself. But first thing first... give my very best, until I have nothing left, and leave everything else to God.
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