In the theatre, once you are offered and accept a part the next step is to begin rehearsals or training. Our rehearsals usually run for about three months, finishing with a week on stage getting used to the way the set, the lighting, sound, props, and other variables affect your performance. During that time you learn the moves you have to make as well as learning all the lines you will speak, and you do it again and again until it almost becomes second nature. Everything should run smoothly by the time 'first night' comes around.
In a new job there is usually some training to be done too, even if it is simply learning how that particular company operates. But it may involve learning to use some equipment new to you or finding your way around a whole new style of paperwork. Then you need to find out who other people are and what position they hold. Who is your immediate superior and how do others fit into the company hierarchy? And you probably don't get three months to work it all out, just a couple of weeks and you are expected to know it all and fit in where you are expected.
God doesn't work like that. Once you have been chosen your training will be ongoing for the rest of your life. You may even come to realise that you were being trained for some time before, apparently, you were chosen. It is reasonably certain that your life will change in some ways – for some the changes can be quite dramatic. But somehow we all get the guidance and assistance we will need as we go through our lives.
Oh! I nearly forgot to mention something very important. Our time here on earth isn't like the theatre. This isn't a rehearsal – this is for real!
Jim Finch
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