I like Batman Begins not just because it has one of the coolest car chases ever, but because the story of a man who had everything, and gave it all up to find the truth of who he was meant to be, and fight his fears in the process.
What Bruce Wayne finds in the beginning of his search was a group of people who believed they alone had the truth, and that the way to restore the world was to destroy, tear down and kill all those who were lost in the city of Gotham. Through fear, peer pressure and mind warping the cult hoped to turn him to their principles. It is at this very moment that Batman finds himself...what he stands for, what he believes in, what he learned from his father: Gotham can be rescued, and he is part of that story.
From that point forward he moves confidently, even recklessly toward becoming what he was meant to be, even though he has never been there before. He finds someone he can trust, and delivers the bad guys who prey on people's fear. Others are encouraged and find their own part in the story. Then the cult returns....I won't spoil the plot.
Aren't we like Gotham, desperately vile, hopeless and some days Godless. Isn't God's heart like that of a shepherd (Ezekiel 34:11), to RESCUE us and others through us?
