Steve McQueen by Greg Laurie

Author:Greg Laurie
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781946891068
Publisher: American Icon Press
Published: 2017-07-20T16:00:00+00:00

THE AMERICAN DREAM

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At the start of the 1960s, Steve McQueen stood on the precipice of the American dream, albeit a gilded, much more fantastic version of the one most people have. He was starring in a popular network television series that afforded him a nice home in the Hollywood Hills and a couple of sports cars that enabled him to pursue his passion of auto racing. He was married to a successful, supportive, and nurturing woman who put up with his wild mood swings and unpredictable temper. He was blessed with two children—Terry Leslie, born June 5, 1959, and Chadwick Steven, born December 28, 1960. As it was said of McQueen at the time, “Every man wants to be like him, and every woman wants to be with him.”

Simply put, he had it all—looks, fame, security, love, and family.

So why, then, wasn’t he happy and fulfilled?

Steve McQueen was not the first to deal with this conundrum. Nor would he be the last. This quest for happiness goes back as far as the recorded word. Augustine (354–430 AD) said, “Everyman, whatsoever his condition, desires to be happy.” Nearly thirteen centuries later, French philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal wrote, “All men seek happiness. This is without exception!”

The lead singer in one of the biggest rock bands in the world said, “You ask me if I’m happy? Listen: I’ve bought myself a Rolls Royce. I’m part of the biggest band in the world, and I’m about to live in a luxurious mansion. Am I happy with that? No—I want more!”

The lead singer in one of the biggest rock bands in the world said, “You ask me if I’m happy? Listen: I’ve bought myself a Rolls Royce. I’m part of the biggest band in the world, and I’m about to live in a luxurious mansion. Am I happy with that? No—I want more!”

Jack Higgins is one of the most successful authors on earth. His thriller novels have sold more than 150 million copies in sixty different languages. When asked by a magazine writer what he knew now that he wished he’d known earlier in life, the accomplished author responded, “I wish I had known that when you get to the top, there is nothing there.”

That’s the way fame works. It’s one thing to climb to the top of the hill; it’s another thing to stay there.

What Steve McQueen was searching for, and for that matter what all of us are searching for, is something that cannot be found in material possessions, experiences, or even relationships.

Because deep down inside, we are all searching for God.

C. S. Lewis wrote, “God designed the human machine to run on Himself. He Himself is the fuel our spirits were designed to burn, or the food our spirits were designed to feed on. There is no other. That is why it is just no good asking God to make us happy in our own way without bothering about religion. God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there.

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