Traits of a Hero
A little while back I had read a blog post by Dan Foreman about how in God's kingdom as much as we try, we can never be heros and it hit me. I understand that we can never be heros, which is awesome. The wonderful thing is though, that we have a hero in Jesus Christ that we can use as a role model. Growing up I remember always watching cartoons like Dragon Ball Z, Spider-man, X-men and the list goes on and all these shows had heros who showed a great passion to save people. Their acts of self-sacrifice were very motivating to me to watch.The reason I put some thought into this is because, lately in different things I have done, there has been a lot of talk about being servants and about serving. The other day actually, Murray Spencer approached me about speaking at Camp this summer, concerning Biblical heros and in light of our conversation I examined serveral heroic traits of different people accounted for in Biblical history.
Its amazing the people who served, made risks, showed loving affection, foretold Glory and demonstrated greatness in the Bible. In life we have many role models and we ourselves are role models. I have had the best of role models and those role models I see, as I saw those cartoon heros as a child. These people, which there are many, are to me heros for the sake of Jesus Christ.
I believe we all have potential to be heros, by not being served in life, but serving as Heros on behalf of Christ. Demonstrating His love in our lives. At times it can seem that any efforts are meaningless, but its really tremendous the effect we have on people and to see someone grow in God's love is the greatest reward any Hero could receive. Being a Hero is all about serving and helping people to safety and as Christians we have the oppurtunity to help as many people to safety as possible.
In the process of finding ideas for my camp messages, I came across this little test and out of personal interest, evaluated what superhero I might be if I was a Hero. lol enjoy!
Your results:
You are Spider-Man
| You are intelligent, witty, a bit geeky and have great power and responsibility.  |
posted by Darrell @ 12:05 PM
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