I recently read a blog from Chris Summerfield about how he sees his spiritual walk less like the Matrix (one often used because of the duality of the universe - spiritual vs. physical) and more like Fight Club:

 ”There is no overarching vampire or matrix that we need to discover and fight, rather the evil is being perpetrated by us and the systems that we comply with. In Fight Club Tyler Durden is the Christ like figure who walks into Jacks life. Tyler forces Jack to face the current reality of his world, the injustice, the love of money, the obsession of the trivial and to liberate him, an “heir of oppression” (my term) from that.”

So it got me thinking. What movie does your spiritual walk of faith look most like?

Mine? Lord of the Rings. Often times it feels like there’s only a small fellowship that keeps the light going. We do our best beyond insurmountable odds, in the hope that our King will return.

So what about you?

I’ve started a guys group called Xn Fight Club, that meets in my home Thursdays. It’s comprised of mainly non-believers and no-longer-believers with some not-sure-what-I-believers. I want to share part of a conversation we delved into this week.

Well let me also let it be known, that this is not a bible study or anything of that nature. I’m looking to wake up this group of 7 young men (ages 16-19). And my goal isn’t to make them good, because I was reminded this week that “Jesus did not come to make bad people good, but came to make the dead alive (Ravi Zacharias).” Life is what I’m seeking and it’s what these boys need.

Back to the conversation.

This was something I take no credit in, I was just blessed to be apart of this. We began to talk about what their thought about God were. Brian (not his real name), one of the young men said that, “I don’t want to be a Christian because I’ve never seen a good one. And besides every time I go to church I either fall asleep or get an endless list of rules I have to do. I’ve tired it and there’s nothing there for me.” I love openings like that one.

I discussed with the rest of the group about their opinions on the subject. Most agreed inpart to what he was saying.

Then it came to me (meaning, not my own thoughts) and I asked them: ”What if we’ve missed the point of Christianity. What if all you see is wrong! What if you’re right. But would it piss you off if these people were standing between you and finding true life in Christ?”

Brian rebutted, ”You mean, like, someone’s got my million dollars in this room and they won’t let me get to it? Well I’d do anything to push past them and get what is mine! Da*n them, they need to get out of my way!”

Then I asked them if they’d be willing to forget what they’ve seen, heard, or been through and embark upon a journey into finding out who Christ really was. And remarkably they said, “yes.” These young men don’t want to hear what they’re doing wrong. They aren’t looking to follow any rules or conform. But what they do want is a journey, an adventure and someone to walk it out with. They want a Savior King, but just haven’t seen Him yet. Pray that their eyes are opened to the Lord as we continue on. It’s going to get interesting.

[to be continued...]