I have to admit, I truly enjoy the Star Wars movies, especially the most recent one.
There is a common theme between the first Star Wars (well, for you fans, number IV) and this recent one.
The hero is a "nobody" who suddenly finds himself with an important destiny to fulfill in an epic battle of good versus evil.
I think the reason this theme is so popular and resonates so much with us, is because it is true.
All of us have been created for a special purpose and destiny. When we live our lives without them, we are sometimes hauntingly reminded with a movie like Star Wars.
In Ephesians chapter 2, Paul explains how we were taken from one kingdom, the kingdom of Darkness, and brought into God's kingdom to find our destiny and accomplish the works we were created for.
"And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them." Eph 2:1-10 (NIV) emphasis mine
Our task is to ask the Lord daily to show us these works.
To show us our destiny.
