Taking Off Your Mask

While I was doing nothing yesterday I stumbled upon the movie Surrogates with Bruce Willis on T.V. I was very skeptical of this move when I first heard of it but after watching it, I thought that it was quite entertaining. To give you a brief summary just in case you have not seen this movie, the world has turned to using Surrogates or robots in which people can control from the safety from their homes or workplace. The only problem is that the surrogates can be altered in any way in appearance that is. This creates a world full of fake people, you may know someone but you have no idea what they actually look like. I hate to do this for people who have not seen the movie but to get all that you can from this blog I have to tell you the ending. By the end of the movie Bruce Willis goes from relying on a surrogate to do his work to destroying every single surrogate across the world.

This is what we as Christians need to do. We need someone to come along and destroy our surrogates, that body that we walk around in that we want people to see. News flash! People don't want to see the fake you, they want to see the real you and so does God. The only part of this that doesn't work is that one person can't destroy all of our surrogates for us but we all must destroy our own. Too often people hide behind what they feel comfortable with and what they think other people want to see and often times that thing they hide behind just brings them down. You shouldn't feel comfortable, we are made to stand out and be uncomfortable. God is always testing and pushing us past our boundaries, so if you feel uncomfortable you are most likely on the right track.

The time is now to take off your mask, destroy your surrogate and just be truthful in who you are. If you have to, start small and just be honest with God. He already knows everything you have done and everything you will do so you might as well use that as a starting point not to mention God loves it when you talk to him as long as it is the true you. I don't know about you but when I started being honest with God in my prayers it seemed like a weight was lifted off my shoulders. I had found someone I can talk to about anything and never have them turn their back on you.

"Take note of how I love what you tell me; out of your life of love, prolong my life."

" Your Words all add up to the sum total: Truth. Your righteous decisions are eternal"
Psalm 119:156&160 The Message

I know this is very short and to the point but that is how I like to write and the message I got from this movie and now sharing with you is very to the point. It is simple, just remove your mask and toss your surrogate self aside and just be the real you, the one that God made. Though the steps to get to this point may seem hard and uncomfortable the payoff will be great. So stop pretending to be someone you're not and show off the real you.

I hope you enjoyed this blog post, and I hope I didn't ruin the movie for you but I do recommend seeing Surrogates if you have not already. I will continue to post at least once a week, I don't want to run out of movies too soon.