In a March 3rd New Community talk from Willow Creek entitled "Flow, A Beautiful Mind," John Ortberg mentioned the movie about John Nash called A Beautiful Mind. In the movie John Nash suffers from delusions of people that talk to him. At one point in the movie a man come to visit John Nash and discuss with the fact that John is a Noble Prize candidate. In response, John Nash turns to one of his students and says, "Do you see that man standing there?" The idea is that John is looking to others to help discern delusions from reality.
In the same way we need to be looking to friends and our small group to help us discern falsehoods from truth. John Nash's humility in asking a student adds significantly to the example of seeking discernment as this is often a key ingredient to seeking God's will.
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