Selfless
I am not a big movie or television fan because I prefer reading as a past time. Reading, listening to music and writing are some of my favorite ways to relax. My husband on the other hand enjoys a great movie or television show. I remember some years ago, we were visiting family when my husband suggested watching a movie. I have to admit at first I was not thrilled about spending two hours in front of a television screen, but it was time with family; which I love.
The movie we watched was called Selfless and you can find it on the Netflix network. I found the show to be quite interesting and enjoyable. However, I had no idea that God was using that movie as a teaching moment for me. The title gives the whole movie away as it is a show about a very wealthy man who is extremely sick and about to die, but he is not ready to die. Through a friend he finds out that he can put his spirit into another body. So this wealthy man ends up transferring himself into what he thinks is a newly engineered body. What he comes to realize later is that the company lied and they put him into someone else body. He is required to constantly take drugs to remain himself and to prevent the owner of the body’s spirit from taking control.
In the coming days, the Holy Spirit began to show me that the movie was a metaphor of who we are. Before we enter earth we were created as a spirit. God put us in this body to serve Him on this earth. However, when we entered this world we were born into a fleshly body full of sin. This fleshly body tells us that to be ourselves, we must feed off the worlds table and give our flesh everything it desires. When we give into our flesh we are taking a drug that hinders our true identity from surfacing.
When we learn to stop eating at the world’s table and start allowing our spirit to be fed from the word of God we can become who we truly are; children of the most High God. The Holy Spirit is our most trusted advisor and He is always right there to help us. The question is, “Are we willing to remove ourselves from the world’s table?”
Scripture references:
So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. Genesis 1:27, NIV
Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.” Deuteronomy 31:6, NIV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BXrXyy59nY
Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11
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