The Walt Disney film The...
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The Walt Disney film The Lion King was the fourth biggest money-making movie of all time. As the title indicates, there was a lion who was king of the jungle. He had a son named Simba, and everyone knew that when the time came he would become the king in his father's place. But after his father died, Simba ran off. He made some friends for himself, and they taught him to lead a carefree kind of existence. So Simba started to think that the decision that he had made for himself was the right one -- the decision not to follow in his father's footsteps and become the next king. Then one night Simba had a vision of his father looking down on him from heaven. And his father said to him, "You have become less than you are." Simba was meant to be king. The throne was right there, ready for him to take it. But instead of doing that, Simba had gone off and followed his own ideas. As a result, he had become something less than what he truly was. Jesus kept himself focused upon the mission that God had for him. In doing that, Jesus refused to become less than what he truly was. -- Bowen
