May the 4th be with you!

This thursday 4th of May at our Reverb Youth Space drop-in we are having a ‘Star Wars’ themed event due to the fact that it is ‘International Star Wars Day’ on May 4th. This is a play on words to the phrased used in this sci-fi franchise; ‘May the force be with you’.

We will have a costume competition, where those that come in a star wars themed costume will each get a free drink at the event; and the 3 best costumes will get a prize. We will plaster the walls with Star Wars posters, be playing Star Wars films on the various screens around the place; and for those who are wanting a little more peace & quite to revise and prepare for their exams; we will be providing a quiet revision room for studying in! It’s going to be a lot of fun….and quiet for those who need it.

Going back to the quote ‘May the 4th’ linking in to ‘May the force be with you’ from the films. The force is a power in the Star Wars universe that binds all living things together and suffuses all living things. It is also what gives both Jedi knights (good guys) and Sith lords (bad guys) their powers and supernatural abilities.

As Christians, unlike the characters in the Star Wars universe, we do not believe in or rely upon an impersonal force; but we have a relationship with a personal God; the Creator of everything. “The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.” – Colossians 1:15-20. Who revealed himself to us in many ways, “In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.” – Hebrews 1:1-3.

I am glad that I do not rely upon the Force, but upon Jesus. God made flesh. God revealed. Emmanuel – God with us.

Real, tangible, personal.

Jesus is my light, my life, my way, my path, my source, my sustainer, my friend, my saviour, my Lord & my God.

So on this Star Wars day, let me say to you, not ‘May the Force be with you”, but rather ‘May God be with you’.

Be blessed!