Captain America: Winter Solider

[Captain America (Chris Evans) has been working for a CIA-like program called Shield, that is run by Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson).  He is upset with how things are going with it.]

What is the point of government?  Well our Declaration of Independence states "That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed." It comes from the governed excepting the role of those over them.  Captain America is correct in his statement that this isn't freedom this is fear.  We could understand that in order for us not to be hurt, to be wounded is to be ahead of the curve.  The only problem is escalation is never an appropriate response to violence.  If you hurt me with a knife, well next time I will bring a gun, and then you will bring a bigger gun.  The question with that becomes when does it end.  If we are to change the world we must be different from the world.  "To love at all is to be vulnerable." - C.S.  Lewis

There is a man who actually came to respond to that very issue.  The need in us to constantly protect that which we have, freedom.  Christ came so that we might be truly free.  Cap and Fury are arguing over the state of the world, but the best we can do is fight for a good cause.  If it wins it wins, if it doesn't it doesn't.  We are too attached to certain things, but they cannot provide ultimately safety.  We attempt to make sure that everything is under our control, but the thing is it cannot be.  There are very few things if any that we can control in this life.  The only thing I have control over is myself.  I can choose to live in fear, or in hope, but they cannot both exist at the same time.  So choose hope this day.