Years ago, I remember watching the movie Scarface with Al Pacino.
I saw it in the movie theater... yeah that's how old I am!
Anyway, there was this line in it, where his friend asks Scarface, "what do you want?" to which he replies, "I want the world... and everything in it."
It seems like a such an absurd ambition doesn't it? Especially in light of Psalm 95
" Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord;
let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.
Let us come before him with thanksgiving
and extol him with music and song.
For the Lord is the great God,
the great King above all gods.
In his hand are the depths of the earth,
and the mountain peaks belong to him.
The sea is his, for he made it,
and his hands formed the dry land.
Come, let us bow down in worship,
let us kneel before the Lord our Maker;
for he is our God
and we are the people of his pasture,
the flock under his care." Ps 95:1-7 (NIV)
We can scoff at Scarface, realizing how over-the-top his desire is, to actually want everything.
But although we may not want the world, often times we do want the small part we inhabit, the part we call, "my life."
But if it all belongs to the Lord, then truly to demand even a fraction of it, is to demand what does not belong to us.
"Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. " 1 Corinthians 6:19-20(NIV)
