Actor T.C. Stallings: ‘I Let The Holy Spirit Lead’
By Movieguide® Contributor
Actor T.C. Stallings lets his faith guide his career choices, as is obvious with Movieguide® Award-winning projects such as WAR ROOM and COURAGEOUS.
In a new interview, Stallings opened up about his strong faith and how it leads him in everyday life.
“For me, when I read Scripture, I realize that’s why I’m here,” he explained. “Once I realized that, I want to live out my God-given purpose — and I trade in what I want for what He wants — that’s why I just try to use all my gifts and talents for Him. [Acting] just gives me an opportunity to reflect all the glory toward Him.”
Stallings also talked about his struggles with faith, including younger years when he felt like he wasn’t doing enough to worship God.
“I thought all I had to do was believe,” he explained. A friend in a Bible study was the one who told Stallings that it wasn’t enough to just believe in Jesus.
“The Bible says even the demons believe, you know?” the actor said. “We started reading about who a true follower is and what that looks like. It was through that Bible study that I just kind of felt like, ‘Man, I’m letting God down. I gotta get this stuff right.’
“So from that point on, I didn’t just let somebody tell me what God [wanted],” Stallings continued. “I looked in the Bible and I study and I let the Holy Spirit speak to me, and I really started caring about what was in Scripture.”
For Stallings, though, faith is not just personal. He feels compelled to share it with others in the entertainment industry.
“For me, I fear God,” he shared. “I don’t want Him looking at me and saying, ‘You know what? You were a coward on earth. You did what you needed to do to blend in. You tried not to have people upset with you because of Christ and all of that, so you think you can have it both ways.’ I fear that.
“What makes it easy for me [to share my faith] is like, ‘What would God want me to do? What would Christ want me to do? What is the Holy Spirit leading me to do?’” he continued. “And I care more about what He thinks than anybody else,” Stallings continued. “So to not share puts me in the line of fire of the Lord, and that ain’t happening. So that’s what give me the courage. It’s not hard. And plus, I don’t control the outcomes. I leave that up to the Lord. I let the Holy Spirit lead.”
Stallings recently appeared in VINDICATION, a procedural drama available on Pure Flix, and NO VACANCY, due out in May.
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