I have been stuggling with the idea of violence and killing. It may seem obvious that killing is wrong. The ten commandments say so. So do the laws of all most all of the countries in the world. Yet, people kill people. Sometimes it is justified and sometimes not. But how do you justify a sin? But alas, this is not strictly about killing but about violence.
John Elder teachs about men needing a battle to fight. I have been wondering about this since I have been addressing the issue of war and killing. I war is wrong and not justified, then how can we justify "battle"?
I think I understand. Reading in a book by Dave Wolverton, Star Wars: The Courtship of Princess Leia, Luke explains the difference in using the Force as the "intent". You see, his view of the Force is how you intend on using it. Selfish use leads to the Dark Side. Using it in anger does as well. But if your intent is for good, then it is the Light Side of the Force. Fighting or battling I think is the same way.
Now I know that you could apply this to war and killing as well, and I agree. But war and killing should never happen unless it is needed in the defense of others. A fine line but those who seek God's wisdom first should be able to distinguish between the two.
So what about this Battle to Fight? Is this where we men get dressed up in our suit of armor and get lifted onto our horses and try to stab each other with a spear on seriods? Or maybe it is when we face each other in the middle of a dusty street winking into the sun with a tough grimince on our face waiting for the other person to "draw" first. Maybe it is like a scene from Good Will Hunting when Will and his friends get out of their car and starts a fight on the basket ball court just because one of the guys had said something about Will. It was man against man and no holds barred. But then maybe it is none of that and it is the man and car against man and his car racing around the tract just to see who drives best and fastest.
Honestly, I think that it is the challenging things that we battle against. I have fought to get where I am now and I am fighting still to go farther still. It is our fears. It is ourselves we must fight. You see, I am where I am (which is not too far) not because I have fought others but I have fought the fear with in me. I have fought myself I am my own worst enemy. And instead of excepting myself the way I am, I am excepting only that inwhich God made me to be. And I am not there yet. But I am fighting to get there.
The battle to be fought is the daily battle for our own selves. Our own hearts. Go and fight the good fight young paddiwan. Go.
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