Interstellar love

Interstellar by Christopher Nolan (2014) is not a movie that is quoted very often in devotion. But there was one scene in this epic science-based movie that got me thinking. In the most unlikely of movies, there is a hidden gem that we as Christians can really use to understand love. In a monologue, that Anne Hathaway emotionally delivers, she says the following

‘Love is the one thing we’re capable of conceiving that transcends dimensions of time and space.’

She goes on to explain how we’re able to love someone regardless of how far away they are. We’re capable of loving someone who died years ago. Regardless of time and space, love still exists and still attracts.

This brings me to 1 John 4:8, specifically the last part; God IS love. It fascinates me to know that before time, space, and everything we know was created in Genesis, God existed; love existed. Before Hollywood turned this concept into a movie, God showed us what real love is.

Ephesians 1:4 tells us of how he loved us before the universe was created let alone before we were formed in the womb. Love was able to reach us through time as Christ justified his pain and suffering as he thought of you and me while being nailed to the cross.

The distance between Heaven and earth was irrelevant to God for him to send his love down in the form of his Son to die for the ones he loves. No matter how far the sheep wandered, the shepherd’s love for it remained intact, and we see this parable personifying how love transcends distance as the shepherd sets out to find his beloved lost sheep. No matter how much distance you think there is between us and God right now (both physically and metaphorically), his love is still able to bridge that gap, for love existed before space was created. Love is not dependent on time or space; it exists in a higher dimension. God loved you for where you were, where you are, and where you’re going to be.

Love is planted within each and every one of us. If we don’t love, we don’t know God. As we contemplate how we can grow closer to God and get to know him better, just know that God has placed the very thing required to do so within us; love.