Counter-Revolution

Counter-Revolution

Industries and countries are built off the backs of hard-working people, however, not all of it is honest work. Certain people will use their positions of power to cut corners and make their lower-tier workers work harder for less. This is the case for the city that Alexander lives in. The city is separated into two sections. One for politicians, celebrities, influencers, and company management and the other for lower-class people with the previously mentioned titles and workers. A false version of equality exists in this city with the poor being non-existent, no one going hungry, and no shortage of well-paying jobs.

The disparity between the two classes lays in their funds, quality of living, housing, break time, workload, and general state of comfort. To get to the same level of comfort, the lower class sends their children to schools where few escape indoctrination into the elite’s way of thinking. The few that do escape still have to deal with inequality and discrimination since the upper class lives in an echo chamber where few new ideas exist. Change is slow to happen in a system that most are comfortable in. Even more disheartening is the overall focus on wealth and comfort.

God hardly occupies a space in the minds of people as material possessions and worldly success has become the new god. Jobs and families are made not to fulfill a role that God has prepared for them. Rather, work is done, and families are created for financial wealth and status. Because of this, people become even unhappier as their inner nature is never satisfied. They indulge themselves in material possessions, vices, and petty politics rather than worship God through prayer and action.

There are still people that try to do what God wills, but these people are fragmented as well. Some become heretics and try to make excuses for their sins and make their own religious leaders repeat their lies to them and make it sound like the truth. This becomes the most popular religion in the city while the true religion is pushed to the side. Publicly professing it can result in pay cuts and the loss of certain high paying jobs or prejudice by fellow co-workers and even family and friends. Alexander is among the few good people in the city who is tired of the present situation and sets out to do something about it by using his God-given gifts.

With his makeshift guitar and drums, he records the acoustics for a song he’s going to sing. He puts together a mask designed after a skull tattoo, not to hide his identity, but to show everyone how the world perceives him and that he embraces his faith. After spending a few days putting everything together, Alexander goes out to the city square where people are allowed to freely perform and debate. People start to gather around him once he’s done setting up and starts singing.

“We are the broken, beaten, and scarred

We are the workers they discard

We are the wonderful creations of God

We are both beautiful and flawed

Rise up and join the fight

We take back our lives tonight

Burn the fires bright

Do not go gentle into that good night

They have their hour

They have their power

But we have our savior

This is A Call for Freedom

We'll burn their idols to the ground

Sin and evil are hellbound

Can you hear that sound?

Let our voices resound

This is A Call for Freedom

We are the redeemed doing God's work

We bring both the light and the dark

We are the servants of the king

We are everywhere and overwhelming

Rise up and join the fight

We take back our lives tonight

The cross has conquered death

Fight until your very last breath

They have their hour

They have their power

But we have our savior

This is A Call for Freedom

We'll burn their idols to the ground

Sin and evil are hellbound

Can you hear that sound?

Let our voices resound

This is A Call for Freedom

Repent!

They have their hour

They have their power

But we have our savior

This is A Call for Freedom

We'll burn their idols to the ground

Sin and evil are hellbound

Can you hear that sound?

Let our voices resound

This is A Call for Freedom”

The crowd cheers for Alexander’s song and disperses once it’s finished. No one says anything about its revolutionary message nor do the authorities do anything. Alexander knew that not much would happen over something his small performance, but this is the start of something big. His message is in the heads of a few people. Most people won’t be spurred on by this. The few that do are ones that Alexander is aiming for. He’ll continue to make music for them and try to both entertain and inform people through them.

It might take a while for actual changes to happen, but this is how the counter-revolution happens. It starts with faithful servants of God serving their role and putting their trust in Him alone. This is the natural order of reality as truth and justice always rise up to purify and take back what is rightfully His.

The End