"Tell them ("those who are rich in this world") to use their money to do good.
They should be rich in good works and should give generously to those in need,
always being ready to share with others whatever God has given them.
By doing this they will be storing up their treasure as a good foundation for the future so that they may take hold of real life."
1 Timothy 6:19
We watched the 1999 sci-fi classic "The Matrix" last night which is filled with spiritual parallels and references. The story centers around a small band of revolutionaries who've discovered that rogue technology controls the world by controlling the minds of billions of unborn humans. To escape the slavery of the Matrix, Neo ("new") must decide to continue living in the sensory world of his mind, or to see truth unveiled. Once he's seen the truth, he can't go back. He's born "again" as a fully grown human who grows, learns, strengthens, and trains. Doubts and setbacks, the difficulty of his path, and missing the glitter, though fake, of his old life, all bring on bouts of temporary weakness. However, the photo above depicts the defining moment when Neo "sees" the the truth the Matrix has hidden from him. It's at this point he begins to fulfill his purpose of opening the eyes of people still blinded by and enslaved to the Matrix.
Satan blinds people by keeping us busy and preoccupied with things that don't matter in the end, but will disappear and be burned away.
"The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, Who is the image of God."
2 Corinthians 4:3-5
Once we've seen the Light, seen the Truth, we're born again and there's no going back. Our purpose is to help remove the blinders from other people, to reach out to them and love them. Otherwise, we're still caught up in darkness, blind, and living out what seems real but ends disastrously.
"But anyone who hates a brother or sister is in the darkness
and walks around in the darkness.
They do not know where they are going,
because the darkness has blinded them."
1 John 2:11
"I command you to love each other."
John 15:17 (NLT)
"I was hungry and you fed Me. I was thirsty, and you gave Me a drink."
Matthew 25:35
Lord, take the world's hold away from us. We're steeped in materialism and status. We've marinated in embryonic self-centeredness like everyone else so long that Your Words, Your Commands seem unreal and muffled. Help us shake loose the power of darkness and turn fully to Your Light, Truth and Way. Show us how to love others out of darkness and into Your Truth. It's easier to float downstream but strengthen us to make that 180 degree turn against the flow.
In the Name of Jesus Who lifted the veil and showed us the Truth
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