My House, Caronport Saskatchewan
Contemplating Reality, 10:38 PM
Weather = Calm
The Greatest Journey, the True Adventure.
Some things are Sacred.
Some things have been revealed that were kept secret since the creation of the world.
All of these things, all that is good and true, all our hope, and all our strength is in Jesus.
We are sojourners. We are secret agents. We are explorers and we are conquerors.
Sometimes when I look out at the sky and see the sunset or a mighty storm or the beauty of the night I am reminded that we are here for a greater purpose. The True Adventure, the Greatest Journey, to have God alive in us by the Holy Spirit and to be empowered to live out his will. Sometimes, when I hear music from a great adventure story I am reminded that such stories are only either an imitation or retelling of the true adventure. We do not try to imitate movies, but movies try to imitate that which we sometimes don't recognize. Christ before us, Christ behind us, Christ above us, Christ below us, Christ within us, Christ outside us, Christ to our left, and Christ to our right. All of us living and moving with the chance to enter into what He is doing in the world.
There is an immeasurable web bright as gold and sparkling as diamond that stretches from the beginning of time to the end of time. Our lives are strands, interwoven with the lives of others. Our heritage is the great heritage of true faith, spanning from Adam and Eve to Abraham to David to all the prophets, to all godly men and women of faith, to Billy Graham, Mother Teresa, and thankfully, to many of my own ancestors. The line of faith, rescued by God according to his eternal purpose, continues past my own life unto the end of time, and then beyond even that. This is the promise God made to Abraham.
"Look up at the heavens and count the stars—if indeed you can count them. So shall your offspring be."
We are the true adventurers. Every day is another opportunity to do something for the Kingdom. We serve the true King who is King of Kings and Lord of Lords. We read about and watch movies about kings and lords and valiant knights but anything inspiring in them is a mere reflection of reality. Our efforts do not evaporate at the end of the story, nor can they be undone, they are eternal and inspired by the sovereign of the universe. We fight real battles, far more real than the great battles of history where men fought against men. Our battles extend to the spiritual realm where a true arch-villain and true legions of darkness fight against us. When we move to put a plan into action, whether that plan be to be a friend, spread God's Word, or do an exorcism, and especially to pray, it is the true picture that spy movies and war-films base their reflections off of.
True valor is being faithful in the mundane, not just during extraordinary times or for extraordinary deeds. True courage is not for fairy-tales and video games, it is for us, now, living day by day in the armor of faith standing firm against the powers of darkness.
The images of Gandalf's charge against the forces of Isengaard, Thaodin's glorious charge against the legions of Mordor, the righteous anger in the march of the Ents, and the final destruction of the dark lord Sauron are mere reflections of the battle that has been won by Christ and the end of all things which is eternally secured. I think that is why I like the Lord of the Rings movies so much. They reflect the true glory of the eternal realities and remind my heart of what has come, what is now, and what will be. We do not live in a dualism, we live in the reality of the Risen Christ!
And now may Christ Himself bless you and keep you.
Amen
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