The 2001 film ‘The One’ features a sheriff’s deputy who fights an alternate universe version of himself who grows stronger with each alternate self he kills. YuLaw (Jet Li), once an officer of the “Multiverse Authority” (MVA) that polices interdimensional travel (via detecting wormholes), seeks to hunt down all variations of himself in alternate universes. By killing all of his other selves (becoming the last version), and absorbing their life energies, he believes he will become a godlike being called “The One”. YuLaw is briefly captured by MVA agents Rodecker (Delroy Lindo) and Funsch (Jason Statham), only to escape from captivity during the trial sentencing him to life in a penal colony.
The Aaron Shust song ‘The One’ has no reference to the film of the same name! The song is talking about the eternal God who reigns and who holds us safe in His hands. Sometimes it’s hard to see what He is doing or to follow Him, but there is tremendous security in knowing God.
“The day is dark and I can’t see
The path I’m on or what’s in front of me,
But I will stand
On this I know
You will never let me go.
For the One who holds tomorrow
Holds me in His hand
And I will not fear the future,
I’ll trust the great I AM.
His love is deep, His love is wide,
A fountain flowing like a crimson tide.
My stains were scarlet,
But this I know
They’ve been washed as white as snow.
For the One who holds tomorrow
Holds me in His hands
And I will not fear the future,
I’ll trust the great I AM
Who has been and always will be
Reigning on His throne
For the One who holds me in His hand
Is the One who holds it all.
Though the world shall fade away
And the sky may even fall
You are strong enough to save.
You’re the One who holds
Every heart that is afraid.
You hear our desperate call.
You are strong enough to save.
You’re the One who holds it all.
You hold it all. (‘The One’, Aaron Shust)
‘The One’, Aaron Shust