"Frozen" Truths

Truths from Frozen? Really? I can hear some of you now, but stay with me.

"Let It Go" has become quite popular with many remakes already being made.  I love all the songs actually, and I should with how often I hear them around my house. (By the way, I never realized how often I say that phrase until it began constantly setting off singing in the house.) I like the song but not nearly as much as I love what is going on in the movie as Elsa sings it.

Let us step back a little to recap what has already happened in the movie. Elsa has a special gift to make things cold and makes it snow. Her younger sister, Anna, wakes her in the night to make a snowman. Amidst all of their fun, Elsa freezes Anna's head. The parents seek out a cure, which is relatively simple, however, they are told that Elsa must never let anyone know about her powers and must control it. As the girls grow, Elsa keeps herself isolated from everyone because she lets fear control her, fear that she may harm her sister again. After the death of their parents, Elsa is made Queen. Unfortunately, Elsa freezes their part of the world in the middle of summer on her coronation day because she cannot control her emotions.

After the freezing, Elsa runs away to the mountains to escape the people as well as try out her powers that she has kept hidden for so long. In watching the movie the first time, I was struck by how much like Believers that is. We have all the power of the Holy Spirit in us, but we never really use it. Whatever we are afraid of keeps us from displaying all that is within us.

In our meetings this week, we have been looking at Ephesians 4. Ephesians 1-3 talk about all that the Father has done for us through the Son and how we are filled with the Spirit from the day we accept the Son as Savior. Much like money in a bank account and using the bank card to access all that is within the account, we have all the Spirit that we are ever going to have. We do not have to ask for more patience, peace, mercy, and love because it is already in there. However, we can ask for Him to help us utilize wisely all that is within us.

Growing up when and where I did, I developed my own set of fears regarding this power that is within me.  We often let some of our brothers and sisters corner the market on the Spirit. But we all have it! Just like there are some who have gone too far one way, others of us have been too afraid to let It do It's work. (Grab the pendulum!) Living where I do now, I get to see more of what the Spirit can do. Let us as His people stop being afraid and let Him do the work He wants to do in our lives and in the lives of those around us. Maybe it will not be a giant ice castle, but it is sure to be something exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or imagine. Let go of the fear! Let it go!

"Set a fire down in my soul
That I can't contain that I can't control."