In ANH, the Stormtroopers are sweeping the streets looking for C3PO and R2D2.
While they are hiding inside a doorway, C3PO blames R2D2 by saying, ” I would much rather have gone with Master Luke than stay here with you. I don’t know what all this trouble is about, but I’m sure it must be your fault.”
R2 replies with something that C3PO is offended by, so C3PO rebukes his counterpart with, “You watch your language!”
What is our language like?
How often are we living out what Paul instructed in Ephesians 4:29? He told his audience, “Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.”
We who love Star Wars can quote most, if not all, of the movies. Why? Because we have watched them more times than is probably healthy.
Most of us use a Star Wars quote a day in our lives. Yet, how many times do we quote Scripture during the day?
We need to take time to learn the Scriptures. When we can quote Scripture as readily as we can Star Wars, we can tie the quotes and themes from the movies to a relevant Scripture passage and then share the Gospel.
Sometimes the only sermon a person will hear is from us— in how we live and our language.
In what ways can we use our language to build up one another?
We can sincerely complement one another.
What can we avoid saying so that we are not pulling people down?
We can avoid using sarcasm, sardonic remarks, name-calling, put-downs, and insults. Also, avoid exaggerated comments like “you always” or “you never.”
If we put this into practice today, it could make someone’s day.
