Before The Chosen, Dallas Jenkins was on his couch, ready to walk away. He told Jeremy Boreing the story, and it’s a good one.
What happened
- His big break, The Resurrection of Gavin Stone, had Blumhouse and a nationwide release behind it. It was “a total bomb, just a total disaster.”
- He admits “affirmation was my drug of choice.” He used to practice Academy Award speeches in the mirror.
- His wife, Amanda, felt God prompting them to read the feeding of the 5,000. That night, a Facebook message arrived from a man in Romania he’d never met: “Remember, your job is not to feed the 5,000. It’s only to provide the loaves and fish.”
- When Jenkins asked why he sent it, the man said: “Oh, that wasn’t me. God told me to tell you that.”
- Jenkins surrendered, and went back to a shelved script about Christ’s birth from the shepherds’ view. That road led to The Chosen.
My take
That’s a word of knowledge, plain and simple. A stranger on the other side of the world hears the Holy Spirit and speaks right into a private moment. I love it. Our job is the loaves and fish. Multiplying them is God’s job. Give Him what you’ve got and let go of the outcome.
Have a blessed day! And Happy Hacking!
