Alex Kendrick on Why ‘God is the Perfect Father’
By Movieguide® Contributor
No matter what kind of relationship someone has with their earthly father, “God is the perfect Father,” Alex Kendrick stated when reminiscing on the movie SHOW ME THE FATHER.
Alex said, “You and I get our first concept of what God is like, through the personality and actions of our earthly dad. If you have a good dad, it’s great, it’s easier to believe God loves you, and he’ll be there for you. If you have a dad that struggled with things and wasn’t there for you, then it’s hard to believe that God’s there for you.”
Alex then went on to explain the hope him and his brother, Steven, had for the film.
“We tend to look at God, as you know, God, God, God, God, God, instead of Father, Father, Father, Father, Father, and God is the perfect father,” Alex stated. “He’s the one that has the most mercy, Grace, love, faithfulness, forgiveness. And yes, he is also our judge and should be revered. But at the same time, he’s a perfect father. And he wants us to know him. And when we walk with him in that regard, and have that relationship with Him through Jesus Christ, he fills the gaps in our heart that we’ve always longed to be filled with either a dad or somebody.”
With Father’s Day around the corner, SHOW ME THE FATHER reveals the heart of fatherhood. The movie has made a major impact since it was released.
Movieguide® previously reported on SHOW ME THE FATHER:
Producer Alex confessed that, initially, he was skeptical of his brother’s idea to make a documentary.
“Steven came to me, my brother, and he said, ‘Alex, I’ve got this concept that I think the Lord keeps stirring my heart with, to do a documentary on fatherhood.’ And as you probably could guess, documentaries are important, and there are some really good ones out there, but documentaries do not tend to draw the same type of focus as a feature film,” Alex told Movieguide®. “So when he said, I want to do a documentary, I was like, ‘Are you sure?’”
“Steven had this specific desire to tie in the biblical characteristics that we want to see in our fathers on earth with the fatherhood of God,” he continued. “He’s the perfect Father, and He uses these roles, these positions, for men to reflect who He is, at least that’s what it’s intended to do.”
After deliberation and prayer, the Kendrick brothers said they were amazed by the ways God answered their prayers.
“We prayed, ‘God, if this is Your will, would You give us the right stories to tell?’ And wow, did He answered that prayer. We have five stories in SHOW ME THE FATHER, and they are some of the most powerful stories I’ve ever heard of fatherhood,” Alex said. “They come from every perspective, a good father, a bad father, a father who’s never there, one that you know, broke his child’s heart, and how did they recover from all of this and reconnect to God the Father?
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