The Gospel was in there! Someone knows we are in a battle between good and evil and that we are required to rise up.Īt the theater, we were sitting behind a row of teenagers. Spoiler alert! It is a movie about a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue! Sound familiar? It is a story about a Creator and things going wrong, and the battle between good and evil and the good needing to be rescued.
Last night, we went together to see the movie Tron.
It was about the bigger picture, the larger story, the miraculous breaking into this world. About pulling back the curtain and looking at Revelations and reading the account of the dragon waiting to devour the child. It was about how Jesus’ coming in the manger was actually an invasion. The pastor came up after the final song and began to give his very Biblical message. But these folks must be out there somewhere because a lot of pastors and teachers are telling them to stop it. I haven’t encountered a bunch of warriors out there swinging the sword of the Lord around willy nilly looking for fights that aren’t theirs. I’ve seen and encountered and experienced a lot of fear and passivity. And then I wondered…where are the people who need to hear a word like this? I haven’t met them. (And lest I make the same mistake he did by speaking in sweeping generalizations, yes, there are times when we are not to fight, the battle is not ours and we are to express our faith completely by resting in God…and yes, there are times when we cannot fight and need the body of Christ to intervene on our behalf…and yes, fighting is not striving…oh – how we need an intimate walk with Jesus!)Īs I listened to the man, who is a good man, I asked…” Is this for me, God? Am I taking on battles that aren’t mine to fight?”. The “word” was as unbiblical as it was unhelpful. God doesn’t want you to do what he said to do in James 4:7 or in 1Peter or in Ephesians. God wants you to surrender and rest in Him.” Raise the white flag. Some of you are inviting the battle into your life by fighting. Before the last song, the worship pastor had a “word” for the body. Knowing this is a particularly good church, I was excited and expectant…ready to encounter Jesus. I went with a friend to her church this past Sunday, this fourth Sunday of Advent. Not just the kingdom of God invading the earth, but God himself, invading the earth.
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