Mighty to Save
I’ve been told by some of the people closest to me that I tend to have something of a ‘’Superman Complex’’. I want to help everyone. Save everyone. Even at my own expense. While I continue to work on letting go of that character trait to a certain degree, there is one element of being a superhero that I want to share with you. Like Batman on the gargoyle or Spiderman on the Empire State Building, I like to go somewhere high up and look at the city from a vantage point.
This isn’t to put myself above anyone else. On the contrary, I like to observe and see where I can be of service to others.
These past few years, it felt like we needed superheroes more than ever. Controversial elections have separated us all over the world. Ecological disasters continue to ravish our world as we continue to grapple with the ever-pressing issue of climate change. The economy has had more ups and downs than a rollercoaster. People have been marching the streets for basic rights, like being able to farm or just living without being attacked by the police.
It feels like we need a superhero. But I’m telling you that we have a powerful God who is stronger than any superhero that could be thought of. Stronger than Superman. More powerful than Thanos with the Infinity Stones.
We are talking about a God who created the Earth and everything within it in the span of six days (Genesis 1 and 2). All four elements do His bidding without contest, He separated the waters (Exodus 14:21), made the stone walls fall (Joshua 6:1–27), sent fire from the sky (1 Kings 18:38, Exodus 13:21 - 22), and calms the raging winds and storms (Matthew 8:23–27). He is powerful beyond measure and amazing beyond comparison.
However, I want you to pay attention to all of those examples that I previously provided you. Each one of those cases, other than the creation of the Earth, were done by people who were guided by God and who did His will. This applies to Moses, Joshua, Elijah, and Jesus. They knew their place and part to play in God’s plan.
Moses was brought towards the burning bush in the book of Exodus and gave his life to God to serve Him and free his people from bondage. Joshua was Moses’s protégé, who was taught to meditate the word of God day and night, as he fought to get the Promised Land to the children of Israel. Elijah was a prophet who knew that his strength did not come from his own hands, but from God. Finally, Jesus knew He who sent him personally, and how he had to live sinless to die perfectly within God’s plan.
We all have a part to play within God’s master plan. We may not know what that is yet, but that’s okay. That’s why we are asked to pray endlessly (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18) so that we may be able to spring into action when the Father calls upon us, as He did for Samuel, Gideon and Abraham.
So What Now? While the world may seem like it is falling apart, it is more pressing than ever to truly hunker down and confide in the Father who created you and is willing to save you too. It is when we put our trust in Him, that what Jesus says in the book of John happens: “Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.” (John 14:12). You are not left alone; if anything, you are in the hands of the only true God, willing and mighty to save.
All the best, be blessed
Eli