We Are Not An Accident

Morpheus

"All of our lives we have fought this war. Tonight I believe we can end it. Tonight is not an accident. There are no accidents. We have not come here by chance. I do not believe in chance when I see three objectives, three captains, three ships. I do not see coincidence, I see providence, I see purpose. I believe it is our fate to be here. It is our destiny. I believe this night holds for each and every one of us the very meaning of our lives."

Matrix Reloaded

Understanding that we have a purpose reminds us that we are not an accident. The fact that we are alive and breathing today is not a product of mere chance, luck or coincidence. Before the world was created we were already on God’s mind and precious to him. He was already thinking about how he could have a personal relationship with each one of us and lavish his love toward us.

Rick Warren writes in his book The Purpose Driven Life: "God left no detail to chance. He planned it all for his purpose … God never does anything accidentally, and he never makes mistakes. He has a reason for everything he creates. Every plant and every animal was planned by God, and every person was designed with a purpose in mind. God’s motive for creating you was his love."

When we see life through this perspective we can begin to understand that everything that happens in our lives, good or bad, happens for a reason. There are no coincidences.

Just as Morpheus claims in Matrix Reloaded that the night before Neo goes to the Source is not an accident and that they are not there by chance, we will likewise encounter nights like these in our lives. Nights and days where we will know that our circumstances are not just a coincidence but the act of providence.

Knowing that there is a divine influence that brings purpose to every circumstance of our lives is reassuring. No matter what happens in our lives we can know that God is working through the situation for some greater purpose.

"For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them!" – Psalm 139:13-17 (NIV)

Excerpt taken from Matrix Reflections: Choosing between reality and illusion.