We Are Not On An Island

I am a big Tom Hanks fan. One of the best acting jobs I've ever seen is Tom Hanks In the Movie Castaway. The premise of the movie is that Tom Hanks character Chuck goes down on a plane over the ocean and finds himself washed up on a deserted island and, for over four years he is alone on that island. He draws solace from the memory of his girlfriend Kelly and from his adopted friend, a volleyball named Wilson. If one of the most touching scenes as Chuck attempts to leave the island on a makeshift raft, his friend Wilson is lost at sea.

God has wired each of us for relationship.  There is a vertical relationship with the living God through faith in Christ.  Then, there are horizontal relationships with other people.  The sad thing about this movie is that it clearly establishes the need for horizontal relationships.  That is very apparent as even the lead character, Chuck, a FedEx employee who “lives on the clock” realizes.  But while Chuck is on that island he does not realize that he is not alone.  There is no mention even once of a vertical relationship.  How sad that the character Chuck would feel his only relationship is with a volleyball.  We crave a relationship with the Creator.  He built us for just such a purpose.  This is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.  John 17:3.