Veggies and Fish Last week during my morning drive to work I was listening to a Christian radio station and they were referring to Phil Vischer’s story. Below is an expert from an interview Vischer did with The Christian Post. It reminds us that although God give us dreams and provides all that we need for those dreams to come true; we must remember to always put Him first. After dropping out of seminary school Vischer co-founded Big Idea Productions and created the talking vegetable children’s animation series VeggieTales in 1993. Big Idea Productions quickly grew from three staff members to over 200 workers by 2000 and was the largest animation studio in the nation, recalled Vischer. People were asking out loud if Vischer would be the next Walt Disney and approached him with ideas to expand the VeggieTales enterprise. But at the height of his professional success, everything went wrong. His staff members were arguing, video sales stopped, he had to fire over half his staff, and a former distributor sued him. The court ruled in favor of the distributor and Vischer lost everything and had to file bankruptcy. “I realized that my good works had become an idol that defined me. Rather than finding my identity in my relationship with God, I was finding it in my intense drive to do good works.” In 2005, Vischer founded Jellyfish Labs, named to remind him of the lessons he learned through his painful experience with VeggieTales and the bankruptcy. A jellyfish cannot choose its own course but it is dependent on the current to carry it where it needs to go, he explained. “I realized at Big Ideas I was a big studly barracuda,” said Vischer. But now he understands that he is a “spineless, brainless, bag of goo. I get my form, my purpose only when I am suspended in the current of God’s will and trusting that God’s will will carry me where He wants me to be. The impact that God has planned for us does not occur when we are pursuing impact. It occurs when we are pursuing God.” “I have no idea what my business strategy will be in two years, and that is OK because God does,” said Vischer. “So let go of ego. Let go of outcomes and put your plans in God’s hands and let Him direct your steps.” Put Him first and He will direct your steps this week. christianpost Blessings, Pastor Alicia Family Ministries
Posted on: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 07:30:01 +0000
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