I Need A Hero!

Isaiah 1:17 
Learn to do right; seek justice. 
Defend the oppressed. 
Take up the cause of the fatherless; 
plead the case of the widow.

I don’t care if you are Team Marvel or Team DC.  In this day and age, we are all looking for a superhero! There is so much destruction around us. You can’t turn on the TV, read a newspaper of even check your social media without being pounded with bad news from around the world.

I woke up this morning and in my devotion I stumbled up the Isiah 1:17. As I read this verse, Do Something from Matthew West popped into my head.

I woke up this morning
Saw a world full of trouble now, thought
How’d we ever get so far down, and
How’s it ever gonna turn around
So I turned my eyes to Heaven
I thought, “God, why don’t You do something?”
Well, I just couldn’t bear the thought of
People living in poverty
Children sold into slavery
The thought disgusted me
So, I shook my fist at Heaven
Said, “God, why don’t You do something?”
He said, “I did, yeah, I created you” (now listen)

If not us, then who
If not me and you
Right now, it’s time for us to do something, yeah
If not now, then when
Will we see an end
To all this pain
Oh, it’s not enough to do nothing
It’s time for us to do something

I laughed because I couldn’t help but look in the mirror and see my lightening bolt across my chest (Yes, I am Team DC, but I still love me some Marvel)! I quickly put my hands on my hips and recited “God created me!”

I don’t need to look for a hero. God created me.  Not only that he armed me!

I recently heard a lady tell a room full of women, “Jesus is our shield and our rock! We can defend off those pesky little darts Satan is throwing at us.  But don’t you ever forget you also have a ROCK to throw right back at him!”

So, go ahead! Take the Superhero Stance! Recite after me! “I am a Superhero! God created ME!”

 

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It Takes Boldness to be Quiet

1 Thessalonians 4:11a 
Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life.

I read this verse today in Fiercehearted by Holley Gerth and fell in love!

I am NOT an extrovert.  As a matter of fact, I really don’t like crowds or parties.  I panic when I have to meet new people or go to a new place. I think that is why I love to read and write so much.  I get to lose myself in the pages.

So, when I read this verse I immediately thought, yep that is me!  I can do this verse with no problem! 1 out of 31,102 verses I can safely check off my to-do list! This one is a slam dunk to-done!

Then I started to think of all the verses that say we much be bold or strong. 

Joshua 1:9
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.

Well, how in the world am I suppose to be be bold and strong while being quiet? Then the Holy Spirit kind of poked me and replied, “Don’t you know just how hard it is to be quiet? How much strength and boldness it takes?”

That is when I read the second part of the verse.

You should mind your own business!

Oops! Ouch! I have to have the strength and boldness to stay out of other people’s business in order to live a quiet life. Yes, that means learning to hold my tongue.

Proverbs 21:23
Those who guard their mouths and their tongues keep themselves from calamity.

Now, I wouldn’t call myself a busy body, but I certainly have my opinions and sometimes they escape my mouth. I am always battling to take captive every thought.

2 Corinthians 10:5
We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

The place I find it the hardest to hold my tongue is in text form.  Facebook, Instagram, Emails and even text messages.  I can be a little too quick to open my mouth (or fingers). I am learning to weigh my answers.

Proverbs 15:28
The heart of the righteous weighs its answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes evil.

So, maybe I am not quite ready to check that verse off my list.  Maybe I need to work on a few others along the way to help support that verse.

OK, for today, I am going to make it my ambition to live a quiet life, minding my own business (1 Thessalonians 4:11) by learning to not let any unwholesome talk come out of my mouth, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen (Ephisians 4:29).

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Fight to Fly

1 Peter 5:10
And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.

No one likes pain and struggles. But what is the alternative?

How many times have you read a book or saw a movie with that spoiled rotten person who was handed everything. He never worked a day in his life. He never faced any consequences for any of his actions. He just lives to enjoy himself no matter what the cost or who he hurts. 

You are probably scowling right now just thinking about it. You may even no someone in real life like that.

News Flash! That is the alternative!

You are the product of all your actions and reactions. You learn and grow through your struggles. 

We are very much like the caterpillar. What would happen if it just continued to lay around and eat or crawled into the cocoon and stayed asleep? It would never learn to fly!

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