Mission Impossible: Faith Till The End

Happy New Year everyone. I hope 2021 has kicked off to a great start. For anyone reading this post, I’m sure you’ll be wondering about the title. Well it came about while I was watching the movie Mission Impossible: Fallout. The climax of the movie has an insane helicopter chase scene in which the actor, Ethan Hunt pursues his nemesis, John Lark, in order to retrieve the detonator to two nuclear bombs. As you can imagine, it was a nail-biting scene; but as is often the case, the actor triumphed just in the nick of time. In this case, one second before the nuclear bombs detonated. But what I want to focus on is the revelation my movie partner got from the climax of the movie. While Ethan Hunt, the protagonist of the movie, went on a wild helicopter chase, his team was on ground figuring out how to defuse the nuclear bombs all the while trusting and having blind faith (because at some point, they lost communication with Ethan Hunt) that he would in fact retrieve the detonator.

“Your mission, should you choose to accept it...”

For lovers of the Mission Impossible film series, the above quote is all too familiar and serves as the opening for a wild movie ride that hinges on the IMF team having faith and trust in the fact that their leader will pull through for them against all odds. This is similar to what God expects of us as His children which is why the bible says that the just shall live by faith (Rom.1:17) and that without faith it is impossible to please God (Heb. 11:6).

“It is easy to have faith at the beginning and at the end. But can you have faith in the middle?”- Bishop T.D Jakes

As children of God, we need to live a life of faith. Faith in the fact that our God will never fail us. Especially when you’re in the middle of something you’ve being hoping for and nothing seems to be changing. Or even worse, you begin to experience radio silence from God (like the IMF team did). At that point, it is easy to give up hope; easy to tell yourself it will never change and all is lost. Just like the IMF team did when they could no longer hear from their fearless leader, continue to put in the work. Continue to trust in God and have faith that sooner than later, just when you think all hope is lost, He will bring it to pass and suddenly what you thought was lost (Is. 29:5-6) will turn around for your good (Rom. 8:28). When you think about the story of Lazarus, when all hope was lost, Martha still trusted in God (John 11:22) and Jesus brought Lazarus back to life (John 11:1-44).

There is no situation or circumstance too great for God. There has never been a time that He has failed and there never will be. As you start this new week, the charge is simple: Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to trust in God and faith till the end; just like the heroes of faith did (Heb.11). He will come through at the right time (Is. 60:22).

 

P.S. Enjoy this song by Kurt Carr: I’ve Seen Him Do It

Photo Cred: MI