the truth about this life

I have always thought that the movie The Matrix is perhaps the perfect analogy for the life of a Christian.

You live this life, and you think you know what it is all about. You make all your decisions in your life based upon that assumption.

Then, you get saved. And over time, you see things differently. You realize that there is a whole other world that exists, one more important and much more real than the one you have been living in.

Now, the choice is yours. Do you go back to your cushy life in the fake world, or do you join the struggle in the real one? Do you go numb, or do you go all in?





This world is a sick and evil place. It is black, it is despair, it is immorality heaped on top of immorality. It is everything wrong that could ever be, all in one place at one time. This world is the pinnacle of the devil's manipulations, and to the righteous believer, it shows.

We are sick. We, the believers who populate this planet, we who are suppposed to be the salt of the world, the light in a dark place, the amabassadors for the King of Kings...we are sick. We have given up long ago. We have given ourselves over to this world of evil, rather than live as true children of light. We spend our lives trying to self-soothe our own hurts with the balm of the world. We have turned our backs on God and His kingdom, and embraced the garbage pit that we live in wholeheartedly.

We should be ashamed. When we should stand up and be counted, we turn tail and run. We do not know God for Who He is, although we call ourselves by His name. And we believe that God is okay with this, that this is the way that things are supposed to be.

We are deceived.

Look at the world around you. See for yourself how much more difficult it is today to get saved. Too many distractions, too many lies, and not enough truth. We Christians have dishonoured God's Word and devalued it, and until we repent of this and stand up for God's reality over Satan's lies, we not only are doomed ourselves, but we doom those around us who need Christ.

Lord, forgive us. Lord, change us. Lord, start with me.