How to Become a Star
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In "A Star Is Born," the protagonist's journey mirrors a classic rise to stardom, defined by calling, invitation, and enemy. Her calling reveals a passion for music, similar to a star's first light. An invitation comes from a seasoned artist, emphasizing external support for her rise. However, personal demons and the harsh realities of fame serve as an enemy, endangering her brilliance. This triad—calling, invitation, and enemy—illustrates the complexities of success and the turbulent path to the spotlight.
The Quotes
Your calling and purpose will be opposed by people who say, “You aren’t enough.”
If the most important thing about us is our voice, the enemy will do everything he can to take out that voice.
When we create with God, he sings to us, and we sing back to him back and forth.
When we start stepping into what God called us to be, he gives us a wink and a nod and says, “See? I told you.”
What will you sing when the dark days come?
You can’t become a star without going through tragedy.
Themes
The process of becoming a star
Calling
You have something to say that needs to be said, an expression of the Kingdom.
Your calling will be ridiculed, downplayed, and dismissed
Discover a circle of like-hearted people
Invitation
Invitation to come on stage-starts out terrifying, then becomes something that brings our hearts alive in joy
We need to give ourselves permission to accept the invitation
Our creativity is about bringing something into existence that doesn’t currently exist
Enemy
Twists lies to sound like truth
He takes what God creates and distorts it
Goal is to get us to tap out and quit, to blow up our lives
He introduces the trauma/sadness/grief we need to become who we were meant to become
Resources
Mark Twain once told a story about a man who scoured the planet looking for the greatest general who ever lived. When the man was informed that the person he sought had already died and gone to heaven, he made a trip to the Pearly Gates to look for him. Saint Peter pointed at a regular-looking Joe. “That isn’t the greatest of all generals,” protested the man. “I knew that person when he lived on Earth, and he was only a cobbler.” “I know that,” said Saint Peter, “but if he had been a general, he would have been the greatest of them all.”
A group of blind men heard that a strange animal, called an elephant, had been brought to the town, but none of them were aware of its shape and form. Out of curiosity, they said: "We must inspect and know it by touch, of which we are capable". So, they sought it out, and when they found it they groped about it. The first person, whose hand landed on the trunk, said, "This being is like a thick snake". For another one whose hand reached its ear, it seemed like a kind of fan. As for another person, whose hand was upon its leg, said, the elephant is a pillar like a tree-trunk. The blind man who placed his hand upon its side said the elephant, "is a wall". Another who felt its tail, described it as a rope. The last felt its tusk, stating the elephant is that which is hard, smooth and like a spear.
“But tell me this—since we preach that Christ rose from the dead, why are some of you saying there will be no resurrection of the dead? For if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised either. And if Christ has not been raised, then all our preaching is useless, and your faith is useless. And we apostles would all be lying about God—for we have said that God raised Christ from the grave. But that can’t be true if there is no resurrection of the dead. And if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, then your faith is useless and you are still guilty of your sins. In that case, all who have died believing in Christ are lost! And if our hope in Christ is only for this life, we are more to be pitied than anyone in the world.” - 1 Corinthians 15:12-19 (NLT)
“Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross, and follow me. If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it. And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul? Is anything worth more than your soul?” - Matthew 16:24-26 (NLT)
He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. - Jim Eliot
Suicide Hotline—dial 988
Questions
What is your talent? Gifting? Calling? Purpose?
How has that been dismissed? Ridiculed? Downplayed?
In what ways do you step into sharing your voice?
Who are the like-hearted people in your life, the circle of people who love the same things, moving in the same direction?
In what ways have you been invited on stage? How have you resisted the invitation?
How do you express your creativity and gifting? What do you bring into existence that doesn’t currently exist?
How has your grief shaped who you became?
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Audio quotes performed by Britt Mooney, Paul McDonald, and Tim Willard, taken from Epic (written by John Eldredge) and Song of Albion (written by Stephen Lawhead).
Southerly Change performed by Zane Dickinson, used under license from Shutterstock.
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