11pm, Nov 23rd 2009. Bob, Melvyn and Myself went for a movie called Planet 51. I've waited very long for this movie and I've actually mistaken that it was Monsters VS Aliens.
The show was funny with TONS of lame jokes and it twisted usual scenarios of alienation whereby this time they made the human the alien that enters into another planet.
As the show was ending, the main character, Lem said something that I pondered upon. He said this to the army commander as he was going to kill the human, "You are not afraid of aliens, you are not afraid of them taking over the world, you are simply afraid of the UNKNOWN!" That's right! Through out the movie, the little green beings(the living things on that planet) were a large community. And yet, they were afraid of one human being. In a worst extend, they came out with their own imaginations thinking that the human could actually hypnotize and control them and even destroy their world. Isn't this familiar? A lot of times when new things happen, when changes take place, because we do not know what are the things that are going to happen, we lost the picture of who we are, forget about our own strengths and power and we even magnify the issue. We became intimidated by the UNKNOWN.
Thinking a little bit further, it reminded me that this is also the main reason why people simply fail to breakthrough or move out from their comfort zone. It's not that they're not good enough, it's not that they're bounded by their circumstances, it's just because they're afraid of the change that is going to take place. Something that they cannot grasp. Thus, some people even keep themselves in their "own prison", never being able to break free.
1 John 4:17-18
17 Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.
Fear is the number 1 reason for worries and doubts to take place in our mind. It is a powerful weapon that the enemy constantly uses to hinder us from doing great things and breaking free from out circumstances. But looking at the verse above, we know that God has promised us that through His love, there will be no fear. But how is His love like? How do we know when we have His love?
In 1 John 4:16 it says that "God is Love." The only way for us to know how God's love is like is to know Him. In v18 it says "But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.". This simply means that the reason we have fear in our lives is because we do not know him completely. We have yet to have the perfect revelation of who God is. God is the creator of heaven and earth. Everything that is in our lives, including our blessings and even problems are created by him. In order for us to know how to deal with the problem, we must know the creator. As we continue to seek for His purpose and reasons, we need to seek for who we are too because problems and challenges are created for us to overcome them. Thus, we need to understand the relativity between the issue and us in order to fight the battle well. We need to know who we are in order to have a powerful and accurate strategy.
In Matthew 16, Jesus was asking Peter who does he think He is.
15 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
16 Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
17 Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. 18 And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. 19 And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
Peter had the revelation of who Jesus is. And right after that, Jesus gave him the revelation of who he is and his destiny as the verse shows "18 And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. 19 And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.". So in order for us to know who we are, we must first know who our creator is. And the best way for us to gain that revelation is through reading His word. Once we know our creator, we can find out what were we created for. And through that, we will ultimately know how to tackle all the challenges in our lives.
Live is a journey, challenges are not dead ends, but rather they are springboards for us to reach the next level. Change is the most constant thing in life. Some people fear it, some people hide from it and some people are even destroyed by it. But on the other hand, changes brings growth and changes brings transformation. So to face and slay the giant or to run away and hide, your choice! ;)
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