The American inspirational film "Facing Giants" tells the story of how a football coach who has been practicing for many years without achievement regains his faith through the Bible and leads his players to defeat top opponents and win national championships. This article will take you to interpret the three indispensable forces behind the coach's victory over the giant opponent, which are: the power of faith, the power of flexibility, and the power of not giving up. I hope that through my interpretation, I can provide a reference for people in difficult situations to overcome setbacks.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >01 The power of faith</h1>
The film begins with Coach Taylor's yet another failure on the field. Taylor, as a high school football coach, has never won a game for the school in his six years in the industry, and the school leaders and parents of the students are very dissatisfied with him, and Taylor is in danger of being fired. Unemployment in middle age is a sad thing.
Taylor was checked for physical problems again and couldn't have children; one of the most promising players on his team transferred from school and the victory was far away; his broken truck was turned off not far from the door of his house, and he had to walk home; the family didn't know what was wrong, and the smell was so bad...
This is the state of life he faces, embattled. In the midst of his predicament, he reread the Bible and began to think about what the meaning of the team was. Ultimately, he concluded that the point of the team is not to win, but to do everything in its power to glorify God. Win or lose, do your best to live for Christ.
In this way, with faith in God, he re-led his team. He trained his players to play Death Crawl, letting them understand how much power a man would be given when he did everything he could to show God. He taught his player Matt to honor his father and glorify God by honoring his elders... His faith infected more people, and people began to reflect on their actions, ask god for forgiveness, and glorify God through their own efforts.
So, can faith in God be successful? In the film, it is said that two farmers ask for rain, and only one person goes to the field to prepare, which one do you think is the one who truly believes in God? God blesses those who are ready to accept. A man who truly believes in God, he confesses everything about himself. He glorifies God by having good intentions in his heart, he glorifies God by doing his best, he glorifies God by being prepared.
Faith is never just lip service; faith is not pretended unless you really do something corresponding; faith is not only an attitude, but also an action. With faith, the players train as hard as they can, they don't dare to be lazy, they unite with each other, they don't dare to slacken off, they glorify God through such acts. Such players, they deserve to win.
Barkin once said that the power that governs action is faith, and that he can endure all hardships and sufferings to achieve the goals he has chosen. Everywhere in the world, faith can take you there, and that's the power of faith.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >02 The force of the workaround</h1>
When facing opponents dozens of times stronger than themselves, in addition to the power of faith, they also need the power of flexibility. Their strength is not as strong as their opponents, and they cannot break through the opponent's barrier; their speed is not as fast as their opponents, and the ball is often intercepted. In such a situation, they need the power of flexibility.
They play tricks on each other and confuse each other through fake actions, so as to gain opportunities in each other's weak points; they take advantage of the arrogance and complacency of their opponents to unite and win opportunities for themselves; they cleverly avoid the opponent's strengths by changing their combat strategies, and finally win.
Imagine if they had a tough fight against the giants, they would have failed miserably. I learned this when I played The Glory of Kings. When I first played the game, I was a heroic warrior, and when I saw the enemy, I would go up and fight, even if I couldn't fight, I would have to go to death, that is, I would be tough, and I wanted to prove my courage and determination.
As a result, he was beaten very badly every time, and he was suspected by his teammates of being a traitor sent from the opposite side, and he was often reported for "deliberately sending heads" after the game. At that time, I was still very aggrieved in my heart, and now it seems to be very funny, but why don't you run? The ancients all said that thirty-six counts were the best policy. Or isn't the odds of pulling a teammate together to win? The result of not knowing how to be flexible is "doing bad things with good intentions".
Marx's materialistic dialectics tells us that things have their own particularities, and we must analyze specific problems and cannot apply immutable methods or laws to all things. This is the wisdom of philosophy, and we need the power of flexibility.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >03 The power not to give up</h1>
Doing your best not to give up is at the heart of the film, almost throughout the film. The coach himself is a classic example of not giving up, and even though his life has been so bad, he still regains his faith and insists on fighting. He influenced his players, and during Brooke's "Death Crawl", he stayed away, motivating him with a firm and loud voice: Don't give up, keep going, do your best, you can! In the end, Brooke reached great potential.
In another match, they unfortunately failed and failed to qualify for the final. However, they were suddenly told that the opponent was disqualified from the competition because of a foul, and they replaced the final. God seemed to have made a joke on them, but thankfully they didn't give up. You see, how important it is not to give up, until the last moment, no one knows the result.
Historically, King Gou of Yue was defeated by his rival the State of Wu and forced to serve as a slave in the State of Wu. A king of a country, sleeping in stables, doing dirty and tiring work every day, and being bullied by soldiers. In the face of such a disgrace, Gou Jian did not give up, but tried his guts on the salary, and after 10 years, he finally defeated wu guo and took back Jiangshan.
The famous American writer Hemingway said: A person is not born to be defeated, you can destroy him, but you can't defeat him. As long as you live, there are infinite possibilities; if you don't give up, one day you will usher in the dawn of victory. As the saying goes: the worst result of life is nothing more than a late success, as long as you never give up.
04 Summary
We often hurry up when we are proud and sluggish when we are frustrated. Obviously the potential is amazing, but always inferior to give up. This film allows us to see the power to do our best not to give up, and to make us believe that there may be a huge amount of energy lurking in ourselves waiting for us to discover. So we are full of hope and tears. I think that's where the real popularity of this film is.