I, Robot part 2

First off, if you have not heard of Sidewalk Prophets, they are a pretty good band. Good music and good message. They have a pretty popular song out right now called "The Words I Would Say."

Anyway, I was thinking about I, Robots again. I was looking for a quote from it, but I could not find it, so I will try to explain the scene. Sonny (the good robot), just help save Will Smith and the lady doctor (her name escapes me).Sonny says something pretty interesting to me. The idea behind it, to me, reflects what the mindset of a lot of people, particularly Christians. What he said was along these lines: "Sometimes the created must help the creator out. The created sometimes must save the creator."

Now, in this movie, this is obviously true as the robots were made to help make life easier for humans. When some of them went bad though, Sonny did have to help save humans. I believe though that we can have an attitude like this with God. I know that I have before. I feel like God needs my help in making decisions or in running the world; as though God made me stronger and smarter than Him. It is not the Creator who needs help, it is the created. It is not the Creator who needs to be saved, it is the created. Human thinking tends to lean towards believing that we are here for our glory and our honor. It's all about us. When has any creation meant to outshine the Creator though? If you were to build a model airplane, cook a large meal, or simply put a puzzle together, people would marvel at the creation, but they ultimately realize that those things point to a creator. When you view the Sistine Chapel painted by Michaelangelo, nobody thinks that the painting created itself and marvel at it's artistic ability. No, people are in awe of the paintings beauty, not because of the painting itself, but because of the creator and his skills in creating such a breath-taking piece of work.

So it is with humans, animals, nature, etc. We do not point to our own strength, skills, or abilities. We point to our Creator. It is not us who infused ourselves with a certain skill set, certain eye color, or personality. It was God, the Father. If God has created us, and not only us but the whole universe, what makes us think He needs our help with anything. In our finite minds we feel like God is overwhelmed and swamped with so many prayer requests, and making sure the planets rotate just right, that He has forgotten about us. We think, "no problem, God, I will help you out. " This is not so. The God who knows the number of hairs on our heads, the number of grains of sand on this earth, who was before creation and will be after this world passes, needs no help from no one. Does He desire to use us to spread the Gospel? to point people to Him? to shoe His glory? to be an instrument in His sovreign plan? Absolutely yes. But He does not need us as though He were incompetent and feeble.

The created is saved by the Creator. The created shines a bright light on the Creator, not the other way around. May we realize just how powerful God is and how small we are in comparison. May we point to our Creator and not to ourselves.