Hey folks! You’re welcome to the review of the short film The Labourer. It’s a Father’s Courier Productions release that recognises itself as a short and doesn’t beat about the bush. Instead, it expresses its message in clear and succint illustrations. It stars Temidayo Ayodele, Festus Olalekan Dairo, Faith Dairo, Flora O’seyi Ayodele and Francis Dairo. It tells the story of a young drama minister who wants to be successful but lets his focus on the expectation of financial rewards cause him to take his eyes off God and the mission.
The film has a plausible storyline because almost everyone can relate to that point in time where you feel you need a break. But then, that break becomes a very long one that culminates into abandoning one’s original purpose. It brings to the fore the question of what God’s blessing on our work for Him is – is it in monetary terms, or is it about the souls that are saved? Ultimately, The Labourer makes us see that God’s servants must keep their eyes stayed on Him and wait patiently for any kind of reward. I like that it also addresses institutions that invite drama ministers for ministrations and don’t give them anything, which more often than not, is done from a selfish motive.
As in Jinxed (2020) reviewed sometime ago, the sound design here is good too, especially the prominence given to the ambient sounds of scenes. It also puts up Bible references for points of the message it passes across. In The Labourer, we see the agony of an abandoned vessel in whose situation a great level of brotherly affection is portrayed through the use of flashbacks from vantage points, a technique which usually makes for an interesting watch.
The movie remarkably emphasizes that we are workers in God’s vineyard and at no time does God expect us to do it in our natural, human strength. We are co-labourers with Christ, we are God’s vineyard, we are His building. Thus, as well as using us to bring in a harvest, He is also working in us, helping us do it, hence, the Yoruba terming of God as the Oromonisefayatii (The One who sends one on errands and still goes with him).
THE LABOURER: WE WORK FOR HIM BUT HE ALSO WORKS IN US BOTH TO WILL AND TO DO OF HIS GOOD PLEASURE.
Click here to watch the movie: https://youtu.be/Xj0JKdaaUuc
Till the next article, stay connected to God.
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