C.S. Lewis once said "If a skeptic has already decided that miracles do not and cannot occur, then even if one should take place right in front of his nose, he would simply dismiss it as a coincidence, a natural anomaly, or, like Scrooge, as the result of 'an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of underdone potato.'"
Many people will go tonight to see the opening day of World Trade Center (the movie). Agape Press has reported that it will be one of the most inspirational movies this year.
Though shadowed in evil this movie brings forth the tale of two men who risked their lives to save others on 9/11 and then got trapped under the debree. They were the last victims in the collapse to be rescued.
In the midst of all this there is God. Each man prays to God over and over during the movie to save them and one man has a vision of Jesus standing over them offering them water to drink. Another man on the outside tells his pastor that he feels called by God to go to Ground Zero and help find and rescue people. At no point during this movie does the script shy away from the spiritual aspect the envelopes the situation.
Not everyone is going to walk away from this movie with questions about God and Christianity, though. Some will scoff and find a way to hate God more and others will be completely oblivious to anything other than whether it was a good movie or bad.
Some, however, are going to need an ear to listen to them and a heart willing to answer their questions in love. They'll want to know how God can let such evil happen. They'll want to know why some were saved and others weren't. They'll need to hear of God's love and they may want someone to pray with them. Will the church rise up and use this as an instument of ministry?
Implications abound. If someone has a calling, there must be a Caller. If someone has a gift, there must be One who gives. The prayers, the visions, the calling, the sacrifice, the sheer risk of it all to save two men who certainly should have died is an overwhelming experience, made all the more so because it actually happened. All of it.Links
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The Presence of God in World Trade Center
Movie Website
2 comments:
i think you are right, just as there were so many who came to know christ after the movie "the passion" this movie will b the same, r we up to the challenge? i dont know, and it breaks my heart, Gods message is simple, love one another and thru that love people will come to know Jesus as their personal savior, for He not only is the author of love, he is love. it is time that we step out of our comfort zone and take a stand for the one who stood and then died for us. yes died but is now risen again and sitas at the right hand of the father. Amen ans amen
Thanks for your comments. I totally agree. May we always walk out into the world with God's love in our hearts and on our minds. Please, continue to comment and give feedback on how these posts may stir you!
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