My wife and I recently started watching REVOLUTION (http://www.nbc.com/revolution/) on Netflix. We are 7 episodes into the first season. While there is of course Hollywood drama, the premise of the show is quite fascinating. Every episode draws my attention to the “what if’s” of life. In REVOLUTION the power goes out around the world and no one knows how to turn it back on. Life halts and drastically changes. Acquiring the simple necessities now become major obstacles. Set 15 years after the blackout, REVOLUTION is a story about change, challenges, and overcoming adversity.
Two weeks ago my laptop hard drive died. And 5 days later my iPad wouldn’t turn on. I was literally without our common technology. I had moments of sitting in my office – wondering what I should/could do. I realized how dependent I was, and actually craved for technologies touch and presence. I realized I couldn’t do many of the things that usually fill my days. Work changed, down time changed, and all because my technology decided it needed a vacation.
Similar to Doomsday Preppers, REVOLUTION stirs the questions within of “what if.” What if an earthquake shook us all and the power went out. What if a Tsunami washed over and we didn’t have clean water. What if…
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Watching these shows, and experiencing my own mini black-out, has caused me to reflect upon what I rely on; what I put my trust in, and what really matters.
In an early episode of REVOLUTION the main characters come alongside a Priest who is fighting for the safety of others. As a clergyman myself, I could identify with this character. As a man of the cloth, I wondered what my own response would be.
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As I sit in my office staring at this Toshiba; as I long to get the call for the return of my iPad, I ask this simple question: what really matters in life?
In the midst of a million “what if’s”
In the midst of failed technology
I pray that I always remember Jesus’ famous quotation of Deuteronomy 6 : LOVE! {love the Lord & love of neighbor} (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2022:36-40&version=NLT)
There is our true power. There is the REVOLUTION of the age.
