Awake part 1

"No One is Good enough to save himself; awake my soul tonight to boast nothing else."

-Caedmon's Call

The movie, "Awakenings" with Robert Deniro and Robin Williams is a fantastic movie. Robert Deniro plays a man with a disorder that put him in a semi-comatose state for a good portion of his life. Robin Williams plays a doctor(Dr. Sayer) that uses this experimental drug to "awaken" patients like Robert Deniro from their slumber. The drug ends up working and Leonard(Robert Deniro's character) begins to enjoy and take advantage of every aspect of his conscience life. Leonard learns to communicate and build relationships. He begins to understand the value of every moment alive. Life for Leonard was beginning to look bright, until the drugs he was taking begin to have a malicious impact. The drugs were not allowing him to control his mind and he began to fall back into the semi-comatose state through a painful period of time. Dr. Sayer finds himself helpless as he desires to cure his patients. Leonard teaches Dr. Sayer a valuable lesson. The importance of living life to the fullest. Leonard challenges me to look at my life and ask, "Am I Awake"?

Human beings are wired to live life in delight. We desire deeply to be happy and yet so many times we are very far from true delight or a joy that lasts. I often think that we act as if we are in a semi-comatose state; breathing, eating, working, but not really living. We go through the motions of everyday life and fail to ever live. This is the crime of human life. We avoid what is good, indulge in what is temporal, and fail to love. Why this is a crime? It is a crime because SALVATION IS HERE. JOY IS HERE. We ignore truth or even the existence of truth itself and we are held accountable.

God is with us. There are options that don't include living for ourselves or the world. God calls our name to awake us from our slumber to LIVE life to the FULLEST. The invitation is to believe in Jesus and to find our delight in Him alone.