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Unused Spiritual Resources
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Topics: Bible; Christ, only Savior; Church; Crisis; Grace; Guidance; Holy Spirit; Human Need; Means of Grace; Needs; Power; Prayer; Rescue; Salvation and Lostness; Scripture; Spiritual disciplines; Spiritual growth; Word of God
Filters: Humor; Pop Culture; Stories
References: Psalm 119:105, Psalm 119:130, John 8:31-32, Hebrews 4:12, 1 Peter 2:2, 2 Peter 1:3-9
Tone: Warn

During Superbowl XXXVII, FedEx ran a commercial that spoofed the movie Castaway, in which Tom Hanks played a FedEx worker whose company plane went down, stranding him on a desert island for years. Looking like the bedraggled Hanks in the movie, the FedEx employee in the commercial goes up to the door of a suburban home, package in hand.

When the lady comes to the door, he explains that he survived five years on a deserted island, and during that whole time he kept this package in order to deliver it to her. She gives a simple, "Thank you."

But he is curious about what is in the package that he has been protecting for years. He says, "If I may ask, what was in that package after all?"

She opens it and shows him the contents, saying, "Oh, nothing really. Just a satellite telephone, a global positioning device, a compass, a water purifier, and some seeds."

Like the contents in this package, the resources for growth and strength are available for every Christian who will take advantage of them.

Video: FedEx-Castaway