I finally watched
this movie called Divergent. I
previously watched a program that was talking about genetics and
abnormalities. They made a reference to
superheroes like Spiderman who is different because he is genetically mixed
with spider, or wolfman who is mixed with a wolf. These are “deemed” superheroes, and most
people look up to that. In this program
that is said to be dangerous, moving away from God’s order. They also referenced this movie
Divergent. So I am watching it and
noticing things in reference to the Word of God, as I always do.
In the movie,
they divide the “of age” children into Factions which represent different
orders in society. These factions are
man-made and are used to keep order in a brand new society. You are to conform to your label and be a
good member of your faction…faction over family (blood). I see a biblical parallel to this. We as the “born again” of the Spirit don’t
fit into society, because we live in this world but are not of it. We don’t easily fit a label, and tend to
stand out in our thinking. In the movie
Divergent, these divergent don’t think like everyone else and are feared. They also handle fear differently than their
faction. This is the main biblical
parallel I see, how we as children of God handle fear. When the divergent is faced with fear in the
movie, she says “this is not real” and moves past the fear. We are to do the same. For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but
of power, love and a sound mind. So when
we see fear, we face it, call it what it is and say Lord my faith in You says
no weapon formed against me shall prosper.
Lord my faith in you says that you will protect and strengthen me. So I don’t mind being different or diverging
from what this world says I should be, I am different, peculiar. There is no fear in Love. So how about you?
2 Timothy 1:7
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a
sound mind. NKJV
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