Thursday, September 01, 2005
I always liked the Mortal Kombat movies...the game was just lame, but the movies had something to it...more than the special effects which nowadays are overdone in every single movie, there definitely was a certain sense of familiarity and "cliche-ness" in the theme of good battling evil for a cause. The reason why it was called "Mortal Kombat" (albeit with bad spelling) was because the mortals had to slug it out among themselves...immortals weren't allowed to interfere (or at least not on the earth's side - i don't know if you can count Shang Tsung as an immortal)
But during RH CG yesterday something else struck me as another form of Mortal Kombat - one that we are already fighting (and i would hope that we are fighting), a struggle for us as mortals. It's certainly one that i've struggled with ever since i can remember...the kombat for surrender.
Cling, grasp, fight, and all those things that we've been taught to do gain power and control over what we want. What we think is best. And really, it's so easy to make it all about us - that's what we are.
Sometimes, we don't know what we want. Sometimes we don't know what we can have. Sometimes we just don't bother asking God if it's right and we go ahead with what we want. Therein lies the struggle - to hear God's tiny little voice. To listen to His whisper among the shouts of the world. To
surrender.
We were talking a bit about submission to God's will and i sounded out that i thought "submit" perhaps wasn't the right word to use. Many may disagree and expound on the meaning of "submit", but my own personal impression is that "submit" implies a use of force, which God doesn't really do..."surrender" on the other hand seems to indicate that it is willing and complete, which really should be what we should be doing. Not surprisingly, it was restated that the only way to know God's will is to grow closer to him and change our hearts to be more like His.
I realise that i've blogged about surrender before, but i'm going to do it again. Firstly because i believe it's really important and that we all need to be reminded of it repeatedly (at least i know i do, which is why i blog about it).
Secondly this is my blog and i can do what i want with it hahahaha...yet after so much reflection, we (or i, as i can only speak for myself) still have a problem with completely surrendering everything and letting God take control. Know God's will. Do God's will.Mortal Kombat - the one fight that we as mortals have to deal with. If you're struggling with this as i am, then pls struggle on. Don't give up. Keep on trying and trying and trying, coz i know that this war can be won. Seek God. Fast. Pray. Kneel. Beg. But seek God and God alone. One day we will learn to say, with all sincerity, "Thy will be done".
Perhaps one day, we won't even have to say that.
simply jon.pondered @ 2:07 pm
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