We just watched Tears of the Sun. At the beginning of the movie we had a discussion of how frustrated this movie makes us....it makes you want to DO something, to join the Navy SEALS or something. As the movie progressed, my mind is going crazy. I have to unload all my thoughts, so please forgive!
The movie ends with a quote by Edmund Burke "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing". There are good men, many good men, doing something every day be it in the Navy, the Seals, the Army, the Air Force, the Marines, etc. They save life after life around the world. For what? A person to breathe breath another day, another year, maybe sixty? Brother and Sister, do you not understand??? Many people say that God left Africa long ago, among many places around the world which are lost in darkness. this lie cannot, must not win. But to overcome this evil, more must be done than all the Armed Forces on the world can do. WE have a life, a life that cannot be killed or taken or overcome by any rebel, nor gorilla, nor war, nor famine!!!! A life that CANNOT BE DESTROYED. We have freedom. We have truth. We have CHRIST. We have, not just refuge, but ETERNAL refuge. We have a mission ~ to bring this life, our Savior, Christ, to the darkness, to the world. Not to save them for another 5, 10, or 20 years....for all eternity!!! Why are we giving our life for war when we can give our life for LIFE?...to bring eternity to the world? We are called to a HIGH CALLING, we are touched with a divine Spirit, we have ALL WE NEED for life and godliness....and all someone else needs as well, someone who has never heard, who has never had the opportunity to believe. Romans asks how one can believe when they have not heard and how can they hear without a preacher? I put this question to YOU, friends and family, body of Christ. Paul also tells us that Christ died for all that we who live should NOT live for ourselves, but die to ourselves and live for others. Gal 2:20 says that we have been crucified with Christ, dead to our selfish wants, and that, by faith, it is not us, but Christ who lives through us. What are we doing with HIS life? Watching tv? Reading books? Shopping? Saving money? What about saving lives? The God who gave His life to save us from the hell we deserve longs and desires that NONE should perish. What about the child in the African jungle, the woman in the village deep in Papua New Guinea, the baby in the streets of Mexico, the little girl sold into prostitution in Cambodia, the homeless man in the city in America, that rich woman who passes him by on the street, dying couple in China? What of them? While we save thousands, they beg for mercy to give them just a piece of bread. They send hundreds of letters to the nearby village begging, crying, pleading for a missionary to bring them God's talk. They KNOW they are dying. WE know they are dying. In Hotel Rowanda a journalist captures video of hundreds being slaughtered. The hotel managers sees and exclaims that this must be wonderful for now people in America will see what is happening and will send help. The journalist replies that the people in America will shake their heads and say what a shame it is then go back to eating their dinner!!! UGH! We know people are dying to an eternity of separation from GOD, hope life freedom and glory. The truest and worst DEATH. WE KNOW. Will you go back to your supper or your custard or your malls or your parties OR will you live WORTHY of the calling to which you were called, making the most of the life Christ gave, the death He died, the resurrection, the hope and glory and grace and mercy ~ mercy that gives YOU life and freedom. Freedom abused or freedom used for eternal glory?
You have a calling. You have a mission. Wherever you are, Whatever your today brings...do not let things of this world become what is important, do not lost sight of the mission, do not take the grace of God and the life of Christ in vain!!!!!!!
Will you do something? Or shake your head after the movie, wipe the tears away and return to your dinner???
The movie ends with a quote by Edmund Burke "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing". There are good men, many good men, doing something every day be it in the Navy, the Seals, the Army, the Air Force, the Marines, etc. They save life after life around the world. For what? A person to breathe breath another day, another year, maybe sixty? Brother and Sister, do you not understand??? Many people say that God left Africa long ago, among many places around the world which are lost in darkness. this lie cannot, must not win. But to overcome this evil, more must be done than all the Armed Forces on the world can do. WE have a life, a life that cannot be killed or taken or overcome by any rebel, nor gorilla, nor war, nor famine!!!! A life that CANNOT BE DESTROYED. We have freedom. We have truth. We have CHRIST. We have, not just refuge, but ETERNAL refuge. We have a mission ~ to bring this life, our Savior, Christ, to the darkness, to the world. Not to save them for another 5, 10, or 20 years....for all eternity!!! Why are we giving our life for war when we can give our life for LIFE?...to bring eternity to the world? We are called to a HIGH CALLING, we are touched with a divine Spirit, we have ALL WE NEED for life and godliness....and all someone else needs as well, someone who has never heard, who has never had the opportunity to believe. Romans asks how one can believe when they have not heard and how can they hear without a preacher? I put this question to YOU, friends and family, body of Christ. Paul also tells us that Christ died for all that we who live should NOT live for ourselves, but die to ourselves and live for others. Gal 2:20 says that we have been crucified with Christ, dead to our selfish wants, and that, by faith, it is not us, but Christ who lives through us. What are we doing with HIS life? Watching tv? Reading books? Shopping? Saving money? What about saving lives? The God who gave His life to save us from the hell we deserve longs and desires that NONE should perish. What about the child in the African jungle, the woman in the village deep in Papua New Guinea, the baby in the streets of Mexico, the little girl sold into prostitution in Cambodia, the homeless man in the city in America, that rich woman who passes him by on the street, dying couple in China? What of them? While we save thousands, they beg for mercy to give them just a piece of bread. They send hundreds of letters to the nearby village begging, crying, pleading for a missionary to bring them God's talk. They KNOW they are dying. WE know they are dying. In Hotel Rowanda a journalist captures video of hundreds being slaughtered. The hotel managers sees and exclaims that this must be wonderful for now people in America will see what is happening and will send help. The journalist replies that the people in America will shake their heads and say what a shame it is then go back to eating their dinner!!! UGH! We know people are dying to an eternity of separation from GOD, hope life freedom and glory. The truest and worst DEATH. WE KNOW. Will you go back to your supper or your custard or your malls or your parties OR will you live WORTHY of the calling to which you were called, making the most of the life Christ gave, the death He died, the resurrection, the hope and glory and grace and mercy ~ mercy that gives YOU life and freedom. Freedom abused or freedom used for eternal glory?
You have a calling. You have a mission. Wherever you are, Whatever your today brings...do not let things of this world become what is important, do not lost sight of the mission, do not take the grace of God and the life of Christ in vain!!!!!!!
Will you do something? Or shake your head after the movie, wipe the tears away and return to your dinner???
What are YOU doing with the life of Christ?
