Rudolph

Bottomline: What others think is weakness, God will use as strength.

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One of the main recurrences throughout the Rudolph story is that individuals who do not readily blend in with the crowd are cast out of their communities.  Rudolph is banished from the Reindeer Games because of his nose, Hermey is harangued by the elves for his dental predilection.  The Island is a reminder that no matter what division one experiences in the world of men, there is one cohesive community in the love of Christ and the kingdom of God.  King Moonracer, for all intents and purposes, is God/Jesus (they are, after all, one and the same).

1 Corinthians

The New International Version (Chapter 1)

26 Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. 27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. 28 God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, 29 so that no one may boast before him.

God sees value and worth in what the world deems as misfits.

1. Where the world sees misfits, God sees His miracles.

Where the world sees a freak…God sees a friends.

Where the world sees

The church is supposed to be full of misfits

Jesus geneology Jesus’ ancestry included a prostitute, a polygamist, and a pagan. Slaves, kings, Even a rapist!

2.Remember if you feel like a mistake or a misfit, God sees you as a miracle and a masterpiece.

Hebrews

The New International Version (Chapter 11)

I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson and Jephthah, about David and Samuel and the prophets, 33 who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, 34 quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength;

What others think is weakness, God will use as strength.

1 Samuel

The New International Version (Chapter 16)

The LORD does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”

Tell how David killed Golaith because of his “weakness” which turned out to be strength

Psalm

The New International Version (Psalm 118)

22 The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; 23 the LORD has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes.

If we don’t let our light shine, people are doomed to be in darkness.

Matthew

The New International Version (Chapter 5)

14 “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

John

The New International Version (Chapter 1)

5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

John

The New International Version (Chapter 12)

46 I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.

This little light of mine.

God sent our Messiah not for the magnificent but the misfits.