Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2


        At the beginning of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Peter Quill knows who his mother was but never knew who his father is. After an almost impossible escape from the Sovereign, the Guardians crash-land on a random planet where Peter’s father, Ego, decides to make his entrance and introduce himself, saying that he has been searching for Peter for a long time. This experience brings Peter great joy, so he, Drax, and Gamora decide to go with Ego to his home planet, of his own creation, and spend a few days while Rocket repairs the ship. Later, it is revealed that Ego wants to use Quill to take over the universe to recreate it in his own image. Peter would have likely been killed if he did not possess the Celestial gene – the fate of the dozens of his half-siblings from throughout the galaxy. Now that Ego is revealed to be a horrible father, Peter and the rest of the Guardians are forced to kill him to prevent that from happening, ending Peter’s Celestial powers in the process.


All too often, people are disappointed by the mistakes and even the evils of their earthly fathers. Despite all of this, there is good news. God, our heavenly Father, promises to never fail us, and He makes true on His promises. 1 John 3:1 says, “See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are” (ESV). Our heavenly Father loves us with a love that only He can give. We know that He makes true on His promises by Paul’s words in 2 Corinthians 1:20, “For all the promises of God find their Yes in Him. That is why it is through Him that we utter our Amen to God for His glory” (ESV).


While an earthly father may fail you in love and other things like Ego did to Peter, our heavenly Father will never fail. Towards the end of the film, Yondu, the man who raised Quill from childhood, decides to sacrifice himself in order to save the life of Peter, whom he had seen as his son. This is when Quill realized that Yondu had been his father all along in the way of his love for him. Moments before he passes, Yondu says, “He may have been your father, boy. But He wasn’t your daddy.” His sacrifice is what our heavenly father did for us when sending his one and only son to die for our transgressions on the cross.


Has your earthly father failed you in love, promises, and/or any other way? Has that shaped the way you view God as your heavenly father? If so, how? Will you start looking to God as your heavenly Father who will never fail you nor forsake you? Will you decide today to place your trust in Him as your heavenly father whose promises are yes with your response being “amen”?

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