As I'm watching the movie 300, I can't help but get riled up by their passion and dedication. The courage it took for 300 men to go up against unbeatable odds is unfathomable and honestly, convicting. They die, ya know. They lose that battle. They KNEW going into the fight that they could die. Both them and their families treasured the thought of such an honorable death.
I don't wake up in the morning thinking that I might die, but yet I know I am in an active battle. And not just any battle, but a battle that has already been won! Do we, as a church (body of Christ), live like we already have the victory? Or maybe we really do know we have the victory so we don't feel the need to keep fighting....like we are taking a pleasure cruise through life instead of putting on the armor of God and bringing His will to our reality? Could it be that we try to go through our circles of life alone instead of utilizing the resources and army of fellow believers that *should be* available to us?
In the movie, Gerard Butler knows the odds that he has taking 300 men up against thousands of Persians? So what does he do? He formulates a plan to gather as one community, huddling together, moving as one unit to support each other and be a stronger force. They hold each other up, they encourage each other, they fight for each others lives. They understand that if one person fails, the whole unit fails.
We have much to learn here. Sunday morning should not be the only time you converse with fellow believers. And when you see your friends/family at church, merely discussing the week, your children's allergies or the new diet you're on should not be the only conversations. We are in a battle every day, right?
We need to cling to one another every day.
We need to fight for each others lives!
We need to fight for honor and liberty!
We need to love others as we love ourselves.
We need to help prepare each other.
'We were meant to live for so much more'
-Switchfoot
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