One of my favorite movie series is the “National Treasure” movies. I know that they are not popular with a lot of people, but I love them.
While I love history, and a good story, these movies are the greatest blend of both. I do realize that what we see in those movies is not even close to historical fact (at least that we know of 250 years after the movie period), and most of the set and stunts are not even close to be able to happen without a miracle… Miracle by definition by Cambridge… “an unusual event that is caused by God, because it doesn’t follow the usual laws of nature.”
There is a couple of lines in the movie that I have captured my thoughts today..
Patrick Gates (Father): Cooperation only lasts as long as the status quo is unchanged. As soon as this guy gets to wherever this thing ends… he won’t need you anymore, or… or any of us.
Ben Gates (Son): So we find a way to make sure the status quo changes in our favor.
Patrick Gates (Father): How?
Ben Gates (Son): I’m still working on it.
Patrick Gates (Father): Well, I guess I better work on it too, then.
You see, Miracles change the status quo in any given situation or scenario…
Status Quo by definition by Websters… “the existing state of affairs.”
Otherwise known as “It is what it is”.
Is that really true, it is what it is and that is it. It can’t be different. It can’t be changed. It just is, words, emotions, feelings like these…
Helpless. Hopeless. Hurt. Painful. Pain filled. Pressed. Tired. Torn. Tormented. Questioning. Qualmish. Quieted. Lifeless. Lost. Lust. Wandering. Wavering. Weary. Exhausted. Excluded. Exiled. Bitter. Blamed. Burned. Angry. Anxious. Abandoned. (Insert your words…)
No matter how hard we work at these words, most of the time we get deeper into them, not freedom from them. We just wish that status quo would change in our favor…
At a later point in the movie National Treasure, Patrick Gates says to his son… “The status quo has changed, son!”
That leads me to this verse that the Holy Spirit whispered to me about 25 minutes ago, as I was wrestling with my own set of words that were growing deeper and deeper… at moments darker and darker…
Romans 5:6 (NLT), “When we (I) were (was) utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us (me) sinners (a sinner).”
Yes, He saved us!
Yes, we were utterly helpless.
Yes, we were destined for eternal separation from God.
Status quo seemed impossible.
But the status quo changed…
But the status quo changed in our favor…
HE CHANGED the STATUS QUO IN OUR FAVOR!
Christ…at just the right time…changed the status quo! Not just for you and I, but for all of humanity, for all of history, everyone, everywhere, YOU and me!
He is the Author of MIRACLES!
Now that is a HISTORICAL FACT!