All right, I tricked you. Today is not really funny. I thought I'd take a break from today's funny post to write on something a little more timely. Considering it is Veterans Day and I live in the United States, I am writing a post about freedom. But maybe not in the way you think...
Last night I was watching an episode of the HBO acclaimed miniseries, Band of Brothers. The third episode, titled 'Caratan' follows a young man named Albert Blithe who is crippled by fear amidst the battle, and suffers from a temporary bout of hysterical blindness. After he recovers and goes back to the battlefield, he finds himself crouching in a foxhole dodging German crossfire, and again is unable to face the battle while succumbing to his fear.
Along comes Lt. Winters, who comes up to his foxhole and starts shouting, "Come on Blithe, you can give it to them! You can do this!" and other encouraging support. Blithe eventually stands up and begins firing at the enemy with gusto. When I watched this, I sensed God was saying to me, "It's like Me and you..."
God is always rooting for our freedom. He is like Lt. Winters in this metaphor, and I find myself like Blithe, often handicapped by my own fears.
The Bible says, "He has come to proclaim freedom for the captives." (Isaiah 61:1, and which Jesus later clarifies is talking about himself). Often we become slaves to our own fears, we need to be set free if we are expected to fight. He is waiting and so willing to proclaim this over us to give us power over our enemy of fear, and is inspiring us and believing in us that we have the gusto to overcome it!
That, my friends, is freedom. Let it ring!
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