Actor Shia LaBeouf shared how he found God and how turning to the Lord led to a freeing experience and fulfillment.
No one is perfect; all have stumbled and fallen. Everyone has willingly turned away from God and His commands through arrogance and disobedience. This idea is clearly stated in the Bible in Romans: “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.”
Because of humanity’s fallen, lost and sinful state, God sent His one and only Son to Earth. Jesus Christ willingly went to the cross, bleeding and dying to save us from the place that we all so rightfully deserve. However, because of His amazing grace, and love, forgiveness is freely offered to all.
Shia is an actor who, several years ago, continually made headlines for all the wrong reasons. In a clip posted on YouTube, Shia explains how, after those horrible experiences, he eventually hit rock bottom trying to do things his way and by his plan and designs. He admits he was seeking fulfillment and came up empty, and that’s what ultimately led him to God.
“As an artist who creates art, I found myself in a “godly” position often, right?” he said. “Where I was in charge, and it made it hard to believe in God because it felt like my managerial skills are what are going to amount to a fulfilled existence.”
But he was utterly wrongheaded in this thinking, leading to disastrous results.
“When all of my designs failed, when all of my plans went out the window, when my life had led to serious infliction of pain and damage on other people, I threw up my hands,” Shia said.
Shia states that the Lord allowed those plans and designs to fail so that he would no longer chase after worldly desires but be drawn close to God.
“The Gospel gave me this invite to just let go,” the actor said.
Mark 2:17 “And Jesus, hearing it, said to them, ‘They that are in health, have no need of a physician, but they that are sick; I came not to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”