Ok last night I was hanging out chatting with my good friend Andy and we were talking about all kinds of things. While we were talking Pam asked me if I wanted to watch Lord of the Rings - Return of the King and I told her that I would even though it was 10:20 at the time. When I finished talking to Andy we prayed and it was really impressed on my heart that there was something for me in the movie that I was going to be watching. I prayed that God would open me up to what it was and that He would show me. Well I have to say that He did show me and it was cool because it all did not sink in and make total sense until I was laying in bed for half an hour and not able to sleep.
Well what stood out to me in this movie was first the point where Pipen climbs that tower and lights the beacon on Gondor to call for help from Rohan. The second thing that stood out was a little while later Gandolf and Pipen ride out to help the Gondor troops that are trying to flee to the safety of Minis Trith. As Gandolf rides out and meets then he lifts his staff and shines light from it that the enemy is not able to deal with and they retreat. The third one however was brought to mind from the movie because we stopped watching it a little while after that because it was late. The third one is when Frodo is in the Spiders lair and pulls out the elvish light that he was given so that it could light his way. But it is also used just a little while after that by Sam and is used by Sam to kill the spider and save Frodo.
So those are the three things that really stuck out to me and kept me awake for a bit longer then I wanted but just before I was able to fall asleep God showed me that all of these light references could be related to the Great Commission. That the light off all of these is the same Light but the effect is a lot different. It also showed me that I will have a role that needs to be played in spreading that light. I am not completely sure yet but I get the sense that the first thing refers to spreading light on Calgary and calling for help for this city and others in future I am sure. The second was of a little group of warriors that fights for the first. Lastly the final on is just me and my friend and how that you have those one or two friends that you really battle for. So yea Calgary, Um (community), Close friends that is how it looks to me right now. Change is in the air I can feel it!!!!!
1 comment:
I love LOTR. I sort of think of it as the bible translated into Northern European culture. God's generous so he gave us culturally relevant symbols and pictures of his heart to explain some ancient Jewish cultural metaphors, which would otherwise be pretty meaningless to us and likely to be overlooked. The part that God has really been pressing into my mind and heart lately is where the fellowship is told, "Your mission stands upon the edge of a knife; stray but a little and you will fail." I think there are many places like that in the world- some, like Sudan, are huge and involve both large numbers of people and large geographic areas. Others are smaller, like a sensitive time period for reaching a particular person. It's good to know what and where you're called to. I'm glad God's showing you.
Post a Comment