Last weekend I rented "Taken" a suspenseful thriller starring Liam Neeson. I'd heard conflicting reports about this movie. One friend told me she loved it and its fast paced action. Another friend said it was creepy and too scary for her.
Fright movies I don't like. Why pay money to get scared when I can experience the same emotion by watching the news?
But for me, "Taken" was not scary. Suspenseful sure, scary no.
Liam Neeson plays a war vet with a 17-year-old daughter who travels to Paris and gets kidnapped for human trafficking. Horrible premise.
But then Enter the Angry Dad!
He's on the phone to his daughter when she gets taken. Neeson has a moment in which he talks to one of the kidnappers. He says, "I have a certain skill set that is a nightmare for people like you."
Boo-yah! He's off and we follow the action as he tracks down the bad guys, his fierce love propelling him to rescue his daughter.
The parallel to our Father God is obvious to me.
God's relentless and fierce love for us propels him to fight for us!
Deuteronomy 20:3-4 says:
He (the priest)shall say: "Hear, O Israel, today you are going into battle against your enemies. Do not be fainthearted or afraid; do not be terrified or give way to panic before them. For the LORD your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory."
Can you see it? The enemy attacks us and kidnaps our courage sweeping us off to a place where we dwell in fear and discouragement.
Enter our Angry Dad! He says to Satan: "I have a skill set that is a nightmare for YOU!"
And off our Father goes, fighting for us and rescuing us!
I love it! And I loved this movie. Definitely only for adults. But a great action packed thriller.
Boo-yah! (I've never used this phrase but it seemed to fit this movie! :0) )
6 comments:
Love the connection to God here! I know a few people that could use this, so I'll pass it on.
Thanks.
I can't bring myself to see this movie, but I'm glad you saw a parallel. God is everywhere when we're looking for Him! :)
I liked this movie, too, Robbie -- give me a suspenseful flick, and I'm a happy camper. (Don't like scary and gory but love suspenseful). Love your parallel on our Dad -- our God -- to the rescue. Yea, God!
I love the image you pulled from the movie! I need to see this one.
Hey, thanks for the comment on my post yesterday at SCL. It's great having new readers add to the conversation.
Know that my blog is a safe place to air any of those petty grievances you may have about life's more trivial matters. That's what we do best over there. Keep them coming!
By the way, I loved that movie.
I didn't want to see this movie, but I might now. You are right, our Father fights for us!
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