Nature Of Sin In Lifehouse's 'Everything'

The “Everything” skit performed by Lifehouse tells an inspiring story of a girl’s relationship with God and struggles against sin through dance and song. The skit begins with the girl being in loving communion with God. However, sin of many different natures quickly began to overpower the girl, and she lost sight of God’s light. Nevertheless, even though sin overshadowed the girl, God continued to always watch over her and be there for her to reconnect with him. In the end, although extremely difficult, the girl was able to see God again, and he protected her from all her various temptations and sins. This enlightening performance communicates to us the nature of sin and God’s response.
The performance showcased the nature of sin through its multiple variations yet similar consequences. The first sin that …show more content…
Here the sin of lust resulted in the girl forgetting about the love that God has for her. Although God was still there, the girl was blinded by the boy and was acknowledging the love he gave her over the everlasting love that God gave her. The next sin that was revealed was greed. The girl reached out for money and focused on trying to obtain that rather than trying to obtain God’s light again. Once again, sin was clouding the girl’s former focus on God, and God became even more distant as even more sins blocked the girl's view of him. Next, the sin of gluttony showed itself in the form of drinking. The girl was desiring excessive drinking over the desire of God’s light. Again she was putting other objects over God; she was losing sight of God more and more as she put more desires above her desire for him. Then the sin of vanity was exhibited when the girl envied the beauty of another. In this case, self image was being placed above God, as she had adulation for someone else’s beauty.