Pastor's Corner

for Sunday Aug 9th
“Daddy! You came for me!”
I was hesitant to watch the movie “Taken” but I must confess that I really enjoyed the movie. “Taken” is about a teen age girl who goes to Paris without her parents (and against her dad’s better judgment). While there she and the girl she traveled with are abducted by a mob group who traffic in women, and they are going to auction the girls off to the highest bidder. Fortunately for her, her dad is an ex-CIA agent who has the courage, the skills and the determination needed to find and rescue his daughter. What is so clear in this movie is that these girls are completely helpless and unless someone comes and rescues her she will be sold to the highest bidder and we can only imagine the terrible future that awaits her. While watching the movie I was struck by how this parallels our story of redemption. We too were “taken” captive by evil forces; while under Satan’s power, we were slaves to sin and we had no choice but to comply with his wishes. We were totally helpless to free ourselves from this situation, and unless someone came to rescue us we had no hope of ever being free and our future was a terrifying one. But God, by His grace sent Jesus who engaged the fury of the demonic world and recued us from Satan’s grasp. He has washed away our filth with His blood and has clothed us in garments of righteousness. We are free and we are safe! In the closing minutes of the movie, when she is rescued by her father she says, “Daddy! You came for me!” I don’t know about you, but I’m glad my father came for me!
Pastor Don.