Taken: He will come for you

I watched the movie "Taken" today for the first time. I wasn't originally paying attention, but as I was watching I realized that in a narrative way, it illustrated alot of spiritual truths. Hence, I decided to write down what the Lord had taught me from the movie....

Basic story: Liam Neeson loses his daughter. She is kidnapped, partially by result of the poor decisions of herself and the girl that she is with and partially because of the cruelty and greed of the world around her. She is kinapped and abused in a vicious world of sex, rape, drugs, and slavery. Her dad learns the truth of what has happened to her, is not angry at her in any way, and driven by love, he goes into some of the world's darkest places to get her back.

Here's what impacted my heart: the dad has to hear, see, and experience, some of the most horrible things that happen in the world. He goes to the places where women are being sold like cattle, he sees the beds where innocence is lost, and he holds the body of a girl wrecked by drugs. He goes to these dark places unflinchinly and willingly not because he is okay with these horrible things, but because it is where his daughter is.

So it is with the Lord.
For example, Christ making the offer of eternal life to the woman at the well.

"Go, get your husband and come here."
He knew. He knew that this was her shame, her percieved identity, her life. He knew, and He was unafraid.

"I have no husband."
I'm not going there with you. Let's not talk about that. If you knew.... That's too dirty, too shameful. I'm not going there with you.

"You have correctly said, 'I have no husband'; for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; this you have said truly."
You are right, and I see you where you are and I'm not scared. It's not okay. It's not right, but I'll go there with you. This is where you are. I know the depth of it all, and it is not too deep. I'll go there with you.


I don't know if I'm really communicating this well at all. All I know is that the Lord sparked something in my heart that I didn't understand before and this is it. It makes the biggest difference in the world, and it would change so much if we really understood it. On a individual level, on a family level, on a coporate level; everything could change. He is not afraid. He really is greater than He that is in the world, and He will come to us, wherever we are.