Lord of The Rings

Sitting high up in the tree house with the sound of the waves crashing onto the shore and the buzzing of insects in the rainforest, I feel inspired to post a blog of the recent watching of the Lord of The Rings trilogy. Hours of Fellowship of the Ring, The 2 Towers and The Return of the King really make my days. I had read the book but had no opportunity to watch the movie until last week.

It is essentially about the triumph of good over evil. I love how well the movie portrayed the love , loyalty between friends like Frodo & Sam. The heroism of Gandalf, Arathorn, Legolas, Gimli is highly commendable. The story also speaks of sacrifices made for the ultimate good of all involved. It also shows how evil and greed for power can be such corruptive forces. The nature of the fallen man so well acted out by the actor portraying Smeagol reminds us of how we struggle between the good we should do and the evil we should avoid. The deceit & selfishness of Smeagol concealed by him helping Frodo was well discerned by Sam. We have to take a lesson from here. Not everyone who help us either in words or deeds are our friends or have our wellbeing at heart. We need to have discernment or we will fall for their trickery and hidden agendas.

We may say The Lord of the Rings is just a story but I feel story or not….. it depicts the very world we live in where there is a struggle between good and evil. The heroes in the movie set out to make a difference. They fought the good fight right to the end. They were selfless. They did not compromise and choose to succumb to the evil power like Saruman. They chose the better way. But not everyone who chose the high road were able to finish well; like Boromir . Even towards the end, Frodo struggled to destroy the Ring. In our Christian walk, it is not how well we start but how we end and walk into the arms of our Lord that counts.

As His children, we are called to make a difference. He does not call us to be light and salt of the world for nothing. He knows the evil at large but He also knows there are many of His children who are heroes out there. He has equipped us thru the power of the Holy Spirit to fight and run the race well. There is always a tendency to say “Who are we to make a difference?” But look at Merry and Pippin… even they could play a role to bring down the forces of Saruman with the help of the Ents. As we choose God’s ways, He will always provide people alongside us to encourage and support us.

So what does this mean for me? In a nutshell, to run the race for the reward set before me, to make a difference in the place where He has put me and to be obedient to His calling.