What is meant by the term "Last Resort"? Just as it is read, it means you final shot, the very last thing you would do in a seemingly hopeless situation, every last bit of strength you have to make a final stand. Well this also happens to be the title of ABC's recently cancelled show.
Normally I don't post stuff about TV or or pop culture on the web because there are more meaningful and eternal things of value. But this show ran it's full course and struck a deep chord in me. It's the story of a US nuclear submarine that was ordered to fire it's payload upon Pakistan. The captain of the boat saw how morally wrong this was and saw that Pakistan had done nothing to cause the slaughter of millions of innocent people. He refused the direct order and commandeered the submarine. But his original plan was for naught, because a nearby US destroyer fired upon Pakistan and the president of the USA declared the captain a terrorist.
The show takes you on a journey through the chaos. It depicts in accurate detail the ugliest, most dark, and vile human actions and how corrupt and fallen this race is. For example, plutonium was planted in Pakistan to create a "justifiable" reason for the US to nuke them, a drug lord doesn't receive his shipment in time and tells the hostages to pick someone to die and when he goes to shoot the girl, one of the guy hostages picks another guy to die and he is shot. There's treason, suicide, insanity, mass murder, torture, and every other thing the devil bathes in. But what you see that even though evil is reigning supreme, those who still have a heart and can see through the BS stood their ground fought the terrorists, and even when faced with the choice to shoot the captain because it was their Duty, their defending of their nation, they chose to take the bullet. To stand up to any and all evil. To not let even the supposed murder of one's wife to totally destroy him. As the captain in the show said when questioned with why he was fighting against the country that he so dearly loved: "I stand for my country and I love her. But I will fight against the corrupt institution that runs her. Don't you dare say they are one."
The thing that also got me was how one of the main characters just wanted to get home to his wife and she was doing everything to get to him. And when faced with the questions of why she wouldn't convince him to give himself up, she said. "I've had to share him every since I married him. He loves me and his country. Just like he would never give me up for anything, he would never sell her our either." Eventually, he is finally reunited with her through this long, heart-wrenching process only to see her supposedly "blown up" right before his very eyes. He goes on living with this demon that he had done everything and he still couldn't protect her. He broke down, he seemed as if he was about to give up all hope, but in the end, even when his cards were counting him out, he stood his ground and brought the true terrorists to justice. And of course he was reunited with his wife who was actually kidnapped.
So where am I going with all of this? I want you to realize that while many of us live in this blessed nation where freedom rings, God is known, and the name of Jesus is at least accepted, there is evil that reigns throughout the rest of the world and even right in our own backyard. And many a time we chose to ignore it because we don't want to deal with it. Being a Christian is not easy and seeing this is motivation to stand against the devil and his lies, to fight for what is right and don't just tolerate what is wrong. To take every foul abusive word, insult, slur, punch, slap, and kick that comes my way and turn the other cheek. Why? Because Jesus took it all. He drank death's cup dry and never once did He hurt another human being. As He hung upon that cross His heart broke and was filled with love for the very ones who mocked Him, beat Him, and killed Him. He died for sinners, He died for us all. And because He took that stand, He overcame the one thing that no one could overcome. That was death. And today He lives and cries out for His people to come back to Him. He desires all men to be saved. Can we take this stand?
"Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."~Matthew 5:10
" We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body."~2 Corinthians 4:8-11
"Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses."~1 Timothy 6:12
"and do not give the devil a foothold."~Ephesians 4:27
"And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."~Matthew 28:20
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