No Cheat Codes Permitted – Finding God in Video Games

While there are certainly many secrets to seek out and find in a Legend of Zelda title, it’s one of the few franchises that doesn’t contain “cheat codes” that artificially make the game easier. If we desire to acquire the best tools and weapons that the game possesses, there isn’t a shortcut to bypass the natural progression of the game and unlock these earlier than intended. Like every other “Link” playing the game, we have to patiently accept the pace of the story as well as endure and complete all of the “prerequisite” battles that must be won before we gain access to them. Behind every mission, side quest, and minor boss fight is a purpose… to press us into becoming more skilled with the tools we have already been given as well as prepare us for the new abilities and major battles ahead of us.

While I don’t always appreciate the slow pace of the Lord’s victories in my life, after the battle is over it becomes clear why I couldn’t simply use a “cheat code” through my prayers to skip it… it was only by enduring that struggle that I learned how to faithfully use the gifts that it unlocked. He uses the challenges we face so we can prove our faithfulness in the little things before moving on to the bigger ones, so let’s pray for more than just victory in our situations today. Let’s ask Him what He is trying to teach us through them.

He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much; and he who is unjust in what is least is unjust also in much. Luke 16:10

And the Lord your God will drive out those nations before you little by little; you will be unable to destroy them at once, lest the beasts of the field become too numerous for you. Deuteronomy 7:22

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