And the Winner Is . . . . - 2 Timothy 4:2

Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. - 2 Timothy 4:2

    Didn’t watch the Academy Awards - I never do. With all the anti-Christian rhetoric that represents the Hollywood heart. I don’t want to hear it. But I wish I had watched Matthew McConaughey’s acceptance speech for Best Actor. You see, he gave credit (glory) to God for his successful career! That’s right! You heard it right - he thanked GOD!
    Naturally, all the pundits and rabble-rousers hated his speech. But guess what - Matt is now a Best Actor winner among Hollywood’s elite . . . and he credits God Almighty for his success! I just wonder how they’ll ever manage to “marginalize” Matthew now.
    I’m going to go out on a limb here and suggest that he had this planned for many a year now. He was just waiting to win the big award. Then he could use that opportunity to preach! Praise God! He waited, knowing that if he’d  “come out” earlier in his career, he may not have had a career! What can the Godless pantheon of Hollywood possibly do to him now?
    Now some would suggest that Matthew was hardly ready to preach "out of season" and that is why he waited for an opportunity like the Academy Awards. But I am willing to give him the benefit of the doubt and suggest in opposition that perhaps he may have just recently felt the indwelling and conviction of the Holy Spirit.
    I can only hope and pray that Matthew’s gutsy revelation that he attributes all his success to God will inspire others in “tinsel-town” to speak out! “And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.” - Act 4:31
    Thank you for speaking out boldly, Matthew! May we all aspire to do the same.