In case you haven't seen it, I will give you a brief summary of the film. Tangled is Disney's modern day twist on the story of Rapunzel. She was born a princess with magic healing hair. Mother Gothel, the evil stepmother, is centuries old and needs Rapunzel's hair to keep her looking young. So, after she is born, Mother Gothel steals Rapunzel from the kingdom. She hides her away in a castle out in the middle of nowhere and raises her as her own. Mother Gothel refuses to let Rapunzel go. She comes to the castle everyday and climbs up Rapunzel's hair to visit and get her daily dose of magic. The movie picks up on her 18th birthday. She really wants to leave the castle, so, when Mother Gothel won't let her leave, she teams up with Flynn Rider, an outlaw and her prince-to-be, and travels to the kingdom to see the lanterns. These lanterns were released every year by the people of the kingdom on Rapunzel's birthday in hopes that one day the lost princess would return. In the end, she returns to the kingdom, Mother Gothel is defeated, and Rapunzel and Flynn live happily ever after. But, for now, I want to deal with Rapunzel's castle. But just so you can get a better mental picture, here's the featurette for Tangled.
So many times, we as Christians have problems with acting the same way out of church that we do in church. Most of us will praise God in church on Sunday and then go back to living our normal lives Monday through Friday. I would say we are keeping God locked up in a far away castle. We will visit him when we go to church and try to have a good time with him, and he loves it when we visit. However, like Rapunzel, God wants out. We just won't let him be known to the world. He wants to come out of the castle and visit with others in the world. Many times there are signs that the world wants to hear from God again, and we are possibly the only way many will ever hear from him. But, we are selfish and want to keep God all to ourselves. Just by reading this summary on the movie, I pretty sure we can tell that's not good. The Bible even tells us so:
"But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to those that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them." - II Corinthians 4:3-4
With that said, what good is keeping God hidden away for nobody to see? We should enjoy God by ourselves and desire for him to touch us, but we also need to be spreading his word and letting the world see him through our lives. Someone's spiritual life could be at stake. Do you want to be the one to help decide their fate based upon your selfishness? It is up to us as Christians to show this lost and dying world that Jesus still saves and he still changes lives. So, please, let him leave the castle today!
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