outside the glass cube

There are so many thoughts flooding and overflowing in my head so I will try and make sense of it in this post. Firstly I want to address hardened hearts and secondly the idea of proving our worth.


A picture came to mind recently of a man in a glass case and a woman on the outside of the case. He was a hansom man and was clever with his words. He would allure her in with his words saying 'come in and give me a hug'. She would accept his invitation and then as she'd move towards him she would knock into the glass cage. This happened several times until the girl realised what was happening. I think this image illustrates well how girls and guys can act. They can promise the world with their tongues yet there is no connection what so ever (no follow through). There are people who live outside the glass cube try and hope and pray that one day we will receive a hug or affection from this person and blaming it on ourselves when we can't reach the other person. What we don't realise is that that person has CHOSEN to live inside the glass cube. They have strategically placed themselves there, unable to connect with people. We can try as much as we want to look appealing, say the right words to entice them out their glass cage but at the end of the day it is their choice. My heart goes out to both the 'prisoner' and the person trying to reach the prisoner. Who actually is imprisoned at the end of the day. Probably both. The one is guarded him/herself and the other is so focused on reaching the guarded one that they don't have much connection elsewhere.


The second idea I would like to illustrate came to me last night reflecting on a man that works at the movie theater. We will call him Sam. Sam is renown for taking his job VERY seriously. On a usual night he will not let anyone in or out the movie house (to go the toilet) without their ticket. He adamantly will not let anyone through in a group until he has counted each one. My one friend fasted a few days, only drinking water and when my friend was sitting in the theater drinking his bottled water, Sam came to him and confiscated it. According to my friends Sam has always been so dedicated to his job as far back as when they were in primary school. Once my friend was eating a do-nut in the movie house and Sam came and took the do-nut RIGHT OUT OF HER MOUTH, literally. Last night whilst watching the movie I saw a man slowly descend down the steps, it was SAM! Sam was checking row by row that EVERYONE was behaving and that no one was eating anything that was not bought from the cinema's shop. My friend and I burst out laughing at his dedication to his job. Okay so some of you may be thinking that this is nothing to laugh about and maybe that is true. But before I get to my point let me just say that I have nothing against Sam but it made me think. It made me wonder whether people like Sam actually enjoy their jobs? Do they do it for the love or because that is what they need to do? Maybe Sam does it for the love of it, i don't know. What I do know however is that we never have to try so hard to do something for Jesus that is not going to bring Him pleasure or ourselves pleasure in the process. I really believe that God gave us this life to enjoy whilst loving Him and enjoying Him. People that live in glass cubes do not allow God's love to reach them and consequentially do not enjoy the fullness of enjoying God and life.


My prayer is that we drop our guards/gods and take up God. A God who loves unconditionally, exceptionally and is wanting to reach into our everyday lives because HE LOVES YOU!