Monopoly

Is life a game of monopoly?
Yesterday, while driving past some newly constructed homes, and ones that were in the process of being built, I commented to friends, Don't they look like the motels from monopoly? This strikes me as funny today, because the way we play as humans, is so similar to the game of monopoly. Stay with me as I suss this idea out for us.

Gigantic toy
When you look around you, there are many moving parts, items to be positioned, repositioned, eliminated, added to our pockets, closets, garages, driveways, bodies, minds, our souls. I am feeling weighed down, just writing about it! We have turned our lives into one big game, and the universe has become a gigantic toy.

Perceived control
I laugh as I type, because our perceived control becomes a ridiculous idea, as soon as a hurricane hits, or the earth quakes, opening up and swallowing anyone and anything standing there. 

Look at an ant hill in your garden, or a bees hive in a tree near where your children play. The ants have no chance and the bees can not stop you, when you decide to wreak havoc on their carefully built homes, the places they work on, nest in, feed and raise their own young. 

The houses being constructed near my home, they are subject to wind, rain and destruction. No amount of scrambling can stop nature from tearing down what you or I have built. We can cling, hope, plead and ultimately, the choices are not ours to make.

Life is somewhat subjective
We are subject to the one who runs the show, created the game, and makes all of the rules. This statement begs the answer to these questions:

• Are you playing by your own rules
• How much power do you have, to dictate al the elements, place all the pieces, and ensure that everything goes according to your plans?

Roll of the dice

The creators of monopoly were on to something, because a roll of the dice can make you rich, or land you in jail. I laugh again here as I type, remembering that we humans suffer from the strangest combination of arrogance and fear. When we are winning, we are the boss, when we are losing, we are overcome with desperation to regain control, or what we perceive as control? 

Here is what the Ruler of the universe says, in part:
   
Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season... (Jeremiah 33:20)

God is challenging us with this one! He is saying, hey, you, human! Pay attention. If you, can boss the sun and moon around; if you think you can reorder what I have established; if you have that kind of power and command, then you go right ahead and prove it, I dare you!

Get out of jail for free card
God doesn't play games, He plays for keeps. The universe is not a toy to be trifled with. 

All He asks is that you and I respect and honour Him. You got up with the sun this morning, and you will sleep tonight with the moon and stars lighting the sky. 

Who do you thank and have you yet today, for all you have? Now is a good time to stop playing the game of monopoly, and start something new. 

You get to decide, gratitude or pretend control? 

God gave you a get out of jail for free card over 2000 years ago...