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GPS Drama
Shows the real futility of trying to find
Heaven without Jesus.
written by Nathan Ruppert
for a travel stop
enroute to Summer Training 2006
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GPS man/woman
(with portable global positioning system) for travel stop to
Summer Training 2006Hannah (young girl)
Car driver (lost) 4 Min 20 sec.
Father (concerned about daughters encounter with a stranger) Shows the real
futility of trying to find Heaven without Jesus. |
Jimmy (young boy headed to baseball game on bike)
OAFC youth 1
OAFC youth 2
OAFC youth 3 |
(GPS man/woman enters - stands mid stage playing with his portable GPS
device- turning around)
Hannah - (spots GPS man holding/experimenting with his new toy)
Hey, what are you doing with that thing, mister? Huh? What’s that you got? You
from around here? I haven’t seen you before.
GPS man- I’m finding out exactly where I am with my new Global Positioning
System. GPS!
Hannah- Are you lost? I can tell you where you are. Your standing on the
sidewalk in front of my house.
GPS man- No, I’m not lost! (laughing) But if you were lost I could tell you
where to go! I’m just pin pointing my exact location on the device as to my
longitudinal and latitudinal coordinates in the world.
Hannah- Wow! I don’t even know what all that means. I hope that thing isn’t
as complicated as the way you talk! (walks off – frustrated)
Car driver- (vehicle pulls up) Excuse me. Can you tell me how to find 1101 N.
4th street?
GPS man- Sure I can! With this portable GPS, I can find anything. Let’s see
(punches numbers) I’ll just punch in the address and “wa-la”; you take a left at
the corner, go five blocks, take a right and it’ll be right there on the corner.
Car driver- Thank you! I bet that thing can find any place! (drives
off-waving)
GPS man - Probably! (confidently, pleased with himself)
Hannah - (returns with Father) See daddy, here he is. I told you! This man
wanted to tell me where to go. (exits when father exits)
Father- Sir, would you like to expain yourself? My daughter tells me that you
were not nice to her.
GPS man- I’m sorry, but your little girl must be telling you half the story.
I told her that if she were lost, I could tell her exactly how to get to where
she needed to go.
Father - I’m sorry too. Hannah sometimes gets confused if she doesn’t
understand something. (father and Hannah exit)
Jimmy (running up the street) - Hey mister. Do you know the way to Highland
Park? I’m supposed to play a practice game there with the team. I’m going to be
late.
GPS man- Yeah, I can help you find it. (punches numbers confidently)
Jimmy- What’s that thing?
GPS man- It is a GPS, Global positioning system and I can use it to can tell
me how to find anyplace! For example the park you want to find is over two
blocks and down three.
Jimmy- Thank you! (zooms off)
GPS man - No problem! (more confident than ever)(says to self) I can find my
way - anywhere!
OAFC youth 1 - (walking by with OAFC team) Hello! (smiling) Beautiful day,
isn’t it?
GPS man - What are you all doing on this beautiful day? Selling something for
your school I bet?
OAFC youth 2 -No! We’re in the neighborhood sharing some good news about Jesus
Christ. We want to help everyone know the way to Heaven.
GPS man - Easy, I can find heaven. (punches numbers on the device) Let’s see
now (punches numbers again) Huh! This GPS doesn’t seem to want to locate this
one! HMMMM!
OAFC youth 3 - You can’t find heaven through that GPS gadget. The only way to
find heaven is through God’s gift to you. I am sure that I will find heaven. May
one of us share with you why we believe we will go to heaven when we die?
GPS man - I guess so. I’m not dying to get there – am I?
OAFC youth 1 - I believe in my GPS or as I like to put it “ God’s Plan
Salvation”. Because God sent His only Son, Jesus Christ to suffer, die and rise
again to pay for all of your sins. You can have the assurance of Heaven when you
die by believing in what Jesus has done for you.
OAFC youth 2 -That’s God’s personal promise to you! What do you think about
what Jesus has done?
GPS man - That’s very interesting! How do you know all that at your age? Where
do you kids come from?
OAFC youth 1 - Someone also shared this great news with us one day. We are
Ongoing Ambassadors For Christ and we meet at a different church each month to
share the Good News of Jesus along with kids from all around the state.
GPS man - You know; I think I am beginning to understand how I can find
Heaven. (pauses) Oh! If you are going to the house over there; be careful of
what you say to the little girl. That little Hannah gets things confused. She
only hears what she wants to hear! Don’t tell her where to go – tell her how to
get there!
OAFC youth 1,2,3 - Thanks! It was good talking to you. Good bye!
GPS man - Bye! It was nice talking to you.
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