EPIC: Our story has a dreadful villan
My wife and I continue through the six part series of John Eldredge's EPIC. I must say that John is a much better writer than orator. Of course that's not to say that The Epic is not worth viewing, I just really like his writing style.
In Act 2, John remembers the all-time greatest villans--from the Dark Lord of the Sith, Darth Vader, to the evil wizard Sauron. Think of your favorite stories. Most likely you can recall a bad guy. Even children's stories have the wolf that huffed and puffed and the witch with poison apples. In the story, the main characters responded and live in the reality of a "bad guy." You know, our story has a villan too--the worst of all sorts. Peter, in 2 Peter 5:8, reminds Christians, "Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour."
Jedi's trained against and fought the Siths, the fellowship avoided and drew swords against the Orcs of Morgoth, and the three little pigs ran from the big, bad wolf. Let's be honest, had Frodo and Sam not been aware of their villans, Tolkien's book would have ended in just a few short chapters with a victorious villan.
Unfortunately, most Christians don't live with the reality that the Enemy wants to utterly destroy them. Christian, your villan has a plan of attack. He will surprise you and completely devour you. Live in this reality. Live knowing that your villan prowls around waiting for your weakest moment, and you cannot handle his forces. Live knowing that your story's Hero can single handedly defeat your villan. Live to be a victor over the villan.
