Meet the Robinsons – Adopted into God’s
Family
Meet the Robinsons
is the story of a young boy that was left on the door step of an orphanage as a
baby. Lewis is about to turn 13 and feels that his chances of being adopted are
gone because he will now be a teenager.
Lewis is a very
intelligent, overall positive young man who finds joy in creating things. At
first he attempts to attract adoptive parents by showing them how smart and
creative he is. He tries to make a “gun” to spread peanut butter and jelly on
bread with a hat that can toast the bread for the perfect PB&J sandwich.
This backfires when the device jams and then shoots peanut butter and jelly all
over the room where prospective parents are meeting him. The sticky mess covers
the couple that was interested in adopting Lewis. The husband starts to turn
red and then swells up! He is allergic to peanuts!!! He is rushed off to the
hospital and Lewis is left thinking he is a failure.
When Lewis sees
that he has had hundreds of interviews with perspective parents and he is about
to turn 13 he decides to make a device that will look into the memories of the
human mind. He wants to look at his memories of the night his mother dropped
him off at the orphanage in hopes of being able to identify her. He becomes
obsessed with finding his mother and dreams of being re-united with her and
living a happy life. He gives up on being adopted.
A man with a
Bowler Hat shows up at the science fair where Lewis is going to show off his
new device. The Bowler Hat Guy tampers with Lewis’s Memory Scanner and makes if
fail. A young boy, Wilber Robinson about the same age as Lewis shows up and
tries to stop the Bowler Hat Man. He then tries to encourage Lewis to fix the
Memory Scanner.
It turns out that
Wilber is from the future and he lies to Lewis in an attempt to get him to go
forward in time to help him repair a time machine before his father, Cornelius
comes home from work. While in the future Lewis is amazed by the creations that
Wilber’s farther made. Lewis feels welcomed and in fact loved by the eclectic
Robinson Family. There is Wilber, Grandpa Bud, Lucille, Franny, Cousin Tallula, Uncle Art, Aunt Billie, and Lizzy, Carl, Mildred and Uncle Dimitry and Uncle Spike (no one knows who they are really
related too).
Lewis is amazed
when someone brings out a peanut butter & jelly sandwich maker and it
fails. Wilber asks Lewis to fix it. The repair does not work and the family
applauds! They call it a spectacular failure. They are happy at attempts to
make things. They say how wonderful to make something and fail because you
learn more that way. Lewis feels like he fits right in.
Bowler Hat Guy
steps in and makes things difficult for Lewis and Wilber. The Bowler Hat, names
Doris is “alive” and helps Bowler Hat Man. In the end Bowler Hat Man steals the
Memory Scanner and tries to pass it off as his own device. He does this to
destroy Robinson Industry, a company started by Cornelius Robinson that has
made a major impact on making the world a better place. Cornelius has a motto
he lives by, “Keep Moving Forward.”
Bowler Hat Guy
does win . . . temporarily. It seems that Doris, the “living hat” has been
guiding him but Doris has nefarious plans of her own. It seems that Doris was
created by Cornelius in the future and caused damage instead of doing good. Cornelius
shut down Doris, or thought he had. Doris was out for revenge and had found an
easy mark in Bowler Hat Guy to trick into helping her.
In the end Bowler
Hat Guy turns out to be Lewis’ old roommate from the orphanage, Michael “Goob”
Yagoobian. Goob holds a grudge against Lewis for keeping him awake the night
before a big baseball game. Being tired Goob missed the big catch and lost the
game because he fell asleep in the outfield! Lewis had keep him awake working
on his Memory Scanner all night for the science fair the same day as the game.
Lewis finds out
that in reality he was adopted and grew up to be Cornelius Robinson, the great
inventor! In talking to his grown up self he is told that the invention that
started it all was the Memory Scanner, his first invention that really worked.
Lewis shows Goob
that Doris has tricked him and they stop Doris and correct the damage. Lewis
forces Wilber to ask Goob to be part of the Robinson family. But, Goob is hurt
and no longer having a direction for his life (his focus was to destroy
Lewis/Cornelius before this) goes off sulking. Lewis goes back to his own time
and fixes the Memory Scanner and runs off to the science fair, where he has
been told he will meet people that are going to be important to his life. He
stops on the way to see Goob at the ballgame. He shouts at him just at the
right moment waking him up so he catches the ball! This changes Goob’s life and
the way he looks at himself! At the science fair he meets Bud and Mildred who
will adopt him and Franny who he will one day marry!
What are the
Biblical points to learn from this movie? There are several.
·
We are
all adopted by God and are His children joint heirs with Christ.
·
Keep
Moving Forward! Keep a positive attitude and never stop trying.
·
Don’t
let hate rule your life. You will find yourself directionless and lost.
·
Satan
will do what he can to stop you from following God’s direction and being happy.
You must make the choice to not listen to him.
I’m going to focus
on how we are adopted by God for this post and at some later time I’ll come
back and cover the other points.
Lewis is desperate
to be adopted. He is looking to belong and fit someplace. When we feel lost we
can turn to God for acceptance and belonging. John 3:16-18 “16 For God
so loved the world that He give His only Son, so that whoever believes on Him
shall not perish, but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send His
Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved
through Him. 18 He that believes on Jesus is not judge: those that
have not believed have been judged already, because he has not believed on the
name of the only Son of God.” John 1:12-13 says, “12 But as many as
receive Him, to them He gave the right to become the Children of God, even to
those that believe on His Name: 13 who were born, not of blood, nor
of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.”
Just like many of
us Lewis spent years looking for and trying to contrive a way to find a family,
a place he felt he fit. God is there and just waiting for us to accept His
offer to be part of His family. God does not mind if we make spectacular
mistakes! He knows we are learning and growing. All God requires is we ask Him
and accept His love. When we accept His love we will find freedom and encouragement
and acceptance. We will see God wants us to try, fail and try again until we
succeed.
What does it mean
to be Joint Heirs with Jesus Christ? It means we are fully adopted members of
the family of God with the inheritance, authority and responsibility as such. I
believe it means we have the authority over Satan’s minions in the name and
power of Jesus Christ. Does this mean we go looking for demons to battle? NO!!!
It just means when we have to do battle we have the authority and power to win
because our Daddy is there to help and empower us. Remember to read to the very
end of the Bible, Satan LOSES big time! Just remind him of that when he tries
to torment, trick, deceive and lead you astray. Remind him your Daddy will kick
his butt and he has no authority over you!
The Royal status
as a child of the King of Kings gives us a chance to see our importance to Him.
No we are NOT the red-headed step children at the family reunion! We are fully
adopted members of the family! It can and should give us the impetus to change
and grow personally. It does not give us the right to be arrogant or self-centered.
When we have someone tell us we are worthless we have the knowledge of our
adoption to remind us we are not worthless! We are priceless! No matter what
mess we make when we try to do something, God loves us. We deserve the best for
ourselves! (Not always material things but spiritual/emotional.) We deserve to
see ourselves as God does. We are the apple of His eye. In other words He cares
for us so we should care about ourselves. This can help you have a reason to change
bad habits such as smoking, drinking, doing drugs, over eating and just abusing
your body and mind. It should also help you learn not to allow others to physically
and emotionally abuse you. If God is your FATHER who has the right to abuse
you?!?! Nobody!!!
So will you choose
to join God’s family? All it takes is talking to God (praying) and telling Him
you wish to be part of His family. Say you’re sorry for the wrongs you done. He
will forgive and accept you without judgment.
Have questions? Feel
free to email me at PrankingPixie@yahoo.com,
leave a comment or better yet call your local Christian church for information.
Does not matter if it is Four Square, Baptist, Pentecostal, Lutheran or a
Vineyard Fellowship. It does not matter what the flavor of worship just find
one that feeds you. As long as it preaches the Bible and Jesus as the only way
it is on the right track. Just read the Bible for yourself and ask questions. Verify
what the preacher is preaching. Don’t be afraid to check out several churches.
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