TRUSTING GOD IN TIMES OF TROUBLE

SYNOPSIS OF 2009-10 PLAY

God has impressed on us to do a program that would deal with the need to trust Him in the time of trouble. With so many people affected by the current economy, we see a real urgency to bring to the Christian family a program to help them understand the sovereignty of God so they can put their full trust in Him. The following is a synopsis of the play which will go along with the teaching.
George receives a letter from the IRS stating that he is to appear for an inquisition in a couple of days, in reference to his 2008 income tax statement. Right away it puts him in a quandary as to what he could have done wrong.  He supposes all sorts of negative results from his appointment with the IRS representative. His bank account is low and he, right away, can’t see how he can afford the penalties that will have accumulated plus what he might owe having left out some important income.
Gladis has a need to remove a splinter and rejects George’s willingness to help because she can’t trust him in most everything she asks him to do.
Grandpa Jake, George’s father, who, as a widower lives with them and because of his awareness of senility is considering taking up residence in a nursing home so as not to be a problem to Gladis who must care for him.
Gladis tells George of his father’s desire to move to a nursing home and George refuses to consider the cost of such and expects Gladis to be his nurse maid instead. George cannot withhold his worry about the letter he received and tells Gladis about it. She tries to calm George’s anxiety about going to jail. She quotes Proverbs 3:5-7 about trusting God with all your heart. George argues that God is not responsible for his stupid mistakes.
Jake enters with a sack of clothes he is going to take with him to a nursing home he thinks he should attend.  Gladis explains, to discourage him, that he will have to get a job to pay for the change of residence. Eighty year old Jake decides he’ll get a job and goes to the kitchen to check the paper for work. Another portion of the Proverb 3:5-7 is brought up to Jake and explained for his understanding.
George is unable to find the box that holds last years receipts and information used to prepare his taxes and goes to the garage to see if it is on one of the shelves there. He returns disappointed that it was not in the garage and they discover that since the box had been used before for trash and had the words “throw away” written on it that Gladis saw the box and emptied all of George’s files in the trash and packed away some unused plastic bowls in the pantry. With no receipts or paperwork, George see’s now that his interview with the IRS will lead to his imprisonment and enters once again thinking he is going to have a stroke. Gladis tries to assure him that he is alright and that he should remember the scripture to “Acknowledge God in all his ways and God will direct his path”. She encourages him to pray about it.
By himself, George reaches out to the Lord in a very elementary prayer asking God to intervene in his problem. At Gladys’s direction, he goes to his room to be in prayer of thanksgiving for what God might do for him.  He returns to say that he was having a hard time believing that God was going to help him. Gladis assures him that God is directing his path and that He only wants good to come out of this bad situation.
George answers the phone and it is the IRS man calling to confirm their appointment and George explains that he has lost all of their records for 2008. Gladis returns and questions George about the call and George tells Gladis that the IRS gentleman told him that they expect a check for $1400.  Gladis repeats the Proverb again to George and tells him not to worry; God would take care of the problem some how and wonders where they will find that much money by the following day. The problem becomes solved when a real twist occurs at the end as Gladis sighs and says “See George, God directed the path right to our front door.”
  A fifteen minute teaching will follow the 40 minute humorous drama showing the sovereignty of God and how important it is to know and understand that God is all love, wisdom, and sovereign; thereby loving us enough to will the best for us, with enough wisdom to know what’s best for us and through his sovereignty, having the power to complete the task.