Tuesday, April 8, 2014

God's not Dead...movie review

Hey Ya'll!
  I was so excited!! We got to watch 'Gods not Dead' on Sunday night. Wow what an awesome move!!! Ya'll have got to watch it! It's one of the best put-together movies I have ever seen, and one of the most inspiring. Here's some of my thoughts on it...
  Main character Josh is a christian. He joins a collage class in which the professor tells the students to write 'God is Dead' on a paper and turn it in. It would count as 30% of their final grade. Josh was the only person who could not do it. The only other option, the professor said, was to prove that God exists, and he would be happy to fail him. Josh took the challenge.
  It definitely got me thinking. About me, about God, about life itself. It made me stop and ask myself, 'what am i doing to stand up for God?' My life, well, american life in general, is very easy for us as christians. We don't face persecution like other countries do. We're allowed to believe what we want to believe. And its so easy to find ourselves 'going with the flow'.  Being pulled along by everyone else. Being content following instead of a leading. I might not be denying God, but if i'm not standing up for him, i might as well be denying him. I feel called to 'step up and stand out'. To cut against the grain. To be willing to be seen as different, and maybe even considered weird. In fact, that's what I want. I want to make a difference in this world.
  Another thing that inspired me was Josh's relationship with Jesus. It's not about saying the right words. It's not about looking good. Its not even about faith. It's about a relationship. Josh did not believe, or have faith, that he would succeed in his argument. He believed he would fail the class. So it wasn't "faith that he would win" that made him take the challenge. It was his relationship with Jesus. Jesus was his friend, and he didn't want to deny him or let him down. Though faith is very important, that's not what makes us willing to step out and be different. It's a relationship with Jesus. The deep, one-on-one, "best friend" relationship. That's what I want. No matter how much faith I have, that's not what makes me willing to cut against the grain. I want, I need that relationship with Jesus!

  Anyway, its been a long day and I should go... hope you enjoyed my opinion:)

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