THE REAL MCCOY

The Real McCoy is a 1993 American heist crime film, directed by Russell Mulcahy and starring Kim Basinger (Karen McCoy), Val Kilmer (J.T. Barker) and Terence Stamp (Jack Schmidt). After a decade behind bars, former burglar Karen McCoy (Kim Basinger) simply wants to earn a legitimate living to support her son (Zach English) -- but as the best bank robber around, she's in high demand in the criminal underworld. When Atlanta crime boss Jack Schmidt (Terence Stamp) discovers her intention to go straight, he kidnaps her son to force her into one last job. Teaming up with an amateur (Val Kilmer), McCoy has to use all her cunning to pull off this heist and save her son.

That is not the point really.

According to Wikipedia "The real McCoy" is an idiom and metaphor used in much of the English - speaking world to mean "the real thing" or "the genuine article", The phrase has been the subject of numerous false etymologies and one of the most prominent and possibly accurate is one of inventor Elijah McCoy, born in Canada in 1844. He had many different inventions including an ironing board and a lawn sprinkler. Other companies copied his devices, but these never worked as well as Elijah's so people would say, "I want an ironing board, and make sure it's a real McCoy."

So what is the point really?

In Romans 12:6-7 MSG the bible emphasizes on us being what God made us to be "let's just go ahead and be what we were made to be, without enviously or pridefully comparing ourselves with each other, or trying to be something we aren't. If you preach, just preach God's Message, nothing else" Somebody referred to as a real McCoy, is simply somebody who really is what they claim to be and not an imitation. 

1 Timothy 4:4 ESV says "For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving" which means there is nothing unbeautiful before God, who gives beauty for ashes. God tells us in 1 Peter 3:4 to cultivate inner beauty, the gentle, gracious kind that God delights in, because we are fearfully and wonderfully made, Psalm 139:14 KJV.

The world is full of people who instead of being themselves are a cheap copy of a great original. As a child of God, you are destined for greatness only if you can tap into the unfathomable depths of God's creative power to walk into the reality of who you truly are; the righteousness of God.