"He controls me...he still controls me"
"He owns me, Liv, he owns me!"
The closing moments of Scandal's Season 3, Episode 3 were gut wrenching for most Gladiators as one of our favorite characters and seemingly stoic assassin breaks down in tears.
Who thought Huck could be controlled by something other than his innate desire to kill? But after watching this episode, we find out that the one man (Olivia's Dad) who is responsible for his need and ability to kill is the very one who has the power to steer Huck's wrath towards whatever target he so chooses.
Huck finds himself "owned" by another and out of a position of control over his own actions. And here we find this statuesque, meek, protector of a man frustrated at his slavery to another.
Oh, if only we would be as broken over the sin in our lives and the slavery it points to.
Romans 6 & 7 talk about this very struggle. How we, as believers, still have sin within us (the desire to sin) but we also have the nature of God (His Spirit) living within causing a tug-of-war (of sorts) between a desire to do what's right, and a strong itch to give in to our innate desire to do wrong. (Rom. 7:23-26)
Both passages describe our life before we invite Christ in: as slaves to sin. Under sin's control. Sin owns us!!!! I imagine us being like Huck, unable to escape our mental depravity or the 'army of evil desires' within us (James 4:1) and feeling frustrated to tears, in light of this!
But our situations doesn't have to be/end as bleak as Huck's did. Though we are (can be) slaves to whatever masters us, the good news is, we don't have to be! Paul so eloquently ends the 7th chapter of Romans by proudly stating, "Who can free us from this control? Thank God for Jesus Christ who delivers us!"
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