So I broke down and I went and saw SALT tonight. The person I admired most in the movie was Salt's husband. The guy made a statement that blew me away.
First off, the movie starts with Salt captured by North Korea. Turns out that's how she met her then boyfriend. The boyfriend does everything he can to obtain her release from the North Koreans. He hits newspapers, does interviews, basically anything to get her freedom. Salt's fellow agent calls him "relentless". He generated so much publicity that the government had to act. As she is bruised and walking towards him, he can't keep his eyes off her.
The U.S. then makes a spy exchange with North Korea and Salt is delivered back to our government after being horribly beaten. As Salt and her boyfriend are riding in the military vehicle, she comes clean about what she does. She tells him that she's a CIA agent and says she can't be with him because they now know who he is. She tells him that it's not safe.
Then the greatest line in the entire movie hit home with me and really got me thinking. After she tells him it's not safe for him to be with her, he says, "I don't want to be safe. I want to be with you. I don't care what happens. I know you and want to spend the rest of my life with you." What a husband!
How many want a safe faith in Christ? Would we walk away from our faith if our lives were on the line? I don't know about you, but I'm at a point in my life where I want to follow Jesus with all that I am and I all that I have. My heart leads my actions at the moment, but my hopes are that my actions catch up with my heart.
I don't want to be safe! I don't want to settle for an easy life that takes no risks as it pertains to my walk with Christ. I want to be relentless! I don't want to stop. I want to die to myself and live for God.
I think there is a common belief that our goal is to arrive safely at the end of our lives with a great retirement plan in place. Personally, I'm over it! What's the point in that? Is this really the objective, or is there something more?
A quote I heard from Braveheart once really puts it all together.
"Every man dies, not every man really lives."
I'm done with a Christian faith that costs me nothing. When I look at the Bible and those that followed Jesus, their faith came at a price. I believe there's more danger in calling yourself a Christian and doing nothing about it. I don't see anyone in the Bible that settles for that after giving themselves to Jesus.
By the way, Salt's husband? He paid for his love with his life. Terrorists shot him because he was her husband. Could I do the same for Christ? I really hope if the time ever came, I could stand or even die for my belief.
Please don't settle for a meaningless faith that has no value to you. Don't settle for safety when God is calling you to so much more. Just because you are breathing doesn't mean you are alive. Be relentless in following after Him and You will know what it means to live!
Who knew I'd pick that up from Salt?
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