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{Editor’s Note: Today’s post was written by Scott Gottreu. You can learn more about Scott at the end of the post.}
In the Star Trek universe, the Borg are a parasitic race. They conquer other races and incorporate their technology and knowledge into their own. The individual does not exist within the Borg. There is nothing that sets each part of the collective apart from any other. As they encounter new races, they send a preemptive message, “Resistance is futile.” Many worlds put up valiant defenses but each culture and world falls like each world before.
We often talk of how we resist things in our life. We resist the actions of our boss. We resist the changes in our families. We resist the Lord’s leading to follow Him in some area. But resistance is also an outside force at work in our lives. Resistance can be similar to the Borg trying to destroy the life God desires for you.
Steven Pressfield in The War of Art discusses resistance as a force acting against us. Here are a few characteristics he lists:
- “Resistance is a repelling force. It’s negative. Its aim is to shove us away, distract us, prevent us from doing our work.”
- “Resistance has no conscience.”
- “Resistance is always lying.”
- “Resistance aims to kill.”
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