Face the Music by Brady

Last night Becca and I rented a movie called ‘August Rush’ which stars Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Terrence Howard, and Robin Williams. It is a modern fairy tale movie about a kid who is following music that only he hears to find his birth parents. I am not usually a huge fan of sappy flicks, but this one is really good. This movie is a great testament to faith and the way a fundamental belief in something can change the world. It epitomizes the life of a Christ-follower in a modern context because Evan Taylor (played by Highmore) is a child prodigy who is constantly “hearing music” and chasing dreams which are not altogether realistic. He is a little odd and is always picked on by kids in his half-way house. In fact, I must admit I would have probably wanted to beat up a kid like him during my younger years.

Evan says at one point about the music he hears, “It's like someone's calling out to me, only some of us can hear it.” Wizard (played by Williams) replies, “Only some of us are listening.” Those of us that live the life of faith in Christ are constantly faced with realists who claim they found the tomb of Christ or that a biblical worldview is not relevant today. We feel something calling out to us, but it is like we are the only ones who can hear it. We also have this deep desire to be found and known by something too. Later in the movie, Wizard is trying to give Evan a new stage name and asks for his input. He says, “If you could choose any name in the world. Any! What would you want to be? Come on, kid. Any.” Evan says, “Found.”

This Easter season, I challenge you to turn (another word for repent) and face the music. Think about the possibilities if Christ did in fact rise from the dead. Think about how much this would change the world you live in, the shift that would break your current tunnel vision and expand your possibilities. Think about the deep reality you could live within even though those around you can’t hear the music. It’s as Evan says, “The music is all around you, all you have to do is listen.” The music is calling out to you and me on Resurrection Sunday, will you turn and face it and choose to chase it no matter the cost? This is important because “You got to love music more than you love food. More than life. More than yourself.”