Film Friday In the biographical film Better Man, the singer Robbie Willams is played by a CGI monkey, which may sound strange at first, but one of the themes of the movie is the way Robbie feels different, strange, at odds, never quite good enough, never fitting in. And he hoped that success might solve that problem, and so we see him all the time as different from the rest of the cast, as a boy, a teenager, and then a man. The feeling of not fitting in is not a rare one, in fact many more people than we release may feel the odd one out. I often struggle in social settings, never sure what to say or do to be part of crowd. It may all have something to do with the account in Genesis 3, when Adam Eve experience the fall and begin covering up, first with fig leaves and then animal skins. When God came looking for them they hid in the bushes.
Perhaps there is a sense in all of us that we are now adrift from each other and this world, still hiding in the bushes so to speak. Unable to truly be ourselves with one another for fear of looking odd. Add to that the description the Bible gives to Christians in 1 Peter 2 v 11, about is being strangers and aliens in this world, and perhaps we find ourselves doubly struggling. Robbie Williams discovered success was not really the answer, he had bucketloads of limelight, but it left him empty. Jesus took time alone with his father, refocussing and rediscovering the love of God as he ventured through this world. That is one sincere way to rediscover ourselves, to take even a little time alone with god each day, so we can remove the masks and pour out or hopes and troubles to the one who wired us up and made us unique, and uniquely his, in the first place.
If you've appreciated this, why not...
Donate to support Dave's work Subscribe on YouTube Follow on X Like on Facebook Contact Dave Subscribe