What did you think of when you watched this clip? Probably how awesome the original trilogy is, and how George Lucas should be ashamed of himself for what he did to Episodes I, II and III. That's pretty reasonable.
What I thought of was Peter and Jesus. The disciples see Jesus on the water and think He's a ghost (see Matthew 14:22.) Peter is like, "Jesus! If that's you, tell me to come to you!" Jesus is all like "Well get on over here!" Peter walks to Jesus, and then is like "Holy crap, what on earth is happening here? How is this happening. ZOMG!?!?!" Then he falls in and Jesus is like chillax, and grabs him up. Woah. Epic.
I tie that back to Luke (Skywalker) trying to use the force to lift his X-Wing out of the swamp on Dagobah. Luke is so trapped by what he thinks is reality. He's such a small man, how could he possibly lift an X Wing out of a swamp? He starts to do it...but ultimately fails basically his knowledge of/faith in the force ultimate won. After Yoda lifts the X Wing out with ease, one of my favorite line exchanges in the entire Star Wars Franchise takes place.
"I don't believe it!"
"That...is why you fail." (Side note, in Super Empire Strikes Back on SNES if you ran out of lives and chose not to continue, this is what Yoda says to you on the game over screen.)
I feel like this scene in Star Wars illstrates so much of the Gospel. The desciples (and also you) need to have faith in Jesus. At times you may feel like just one man (or woman) with the impossible task of lifting an X-Wing out of a swamp. How can you do it? How can one person accomplish anything? What if he asks you to go somewhere crazy (like the swamps of Dagobah) with an impossible mission (like learn a dying art from a muppet)? With Jesus, it can be done. Much like the force, the Holy Spirit is all around us. Have faith friends. I could go on forever, but that's all for now.
Blessings,
Nick
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