Action Packed Heroes

In our world today we are filled with action packed heroes. Names like GI Joe, Spider Man, Superman, Iron Man, Transformers and the lists go on and on. The problem with all these actions figures is that they are not real. Our children and grandchildren are growing up believing they can become one of these figures when they get older. Is there anything wrong with wanting a hero you can turn to anytime for anything? Absolutely not! What we need to be teaching our young folks is that Jesus is an action packed figure and He can be their hero too.

A hero is a man of distinguished courage. I don't know of anyone that can fill those shoes better than Jesus Christ. He showed his compassion for the leper by cleansing him of his leprosy (Mk. 1:40-45) and He was willing to use His power to heal the man with the withered hand (Mk. 3:1-5). Is that action packed enough? Can any of the above mentioned heroes do that? Of course not! And they never will either.

How about when Jesus was asleep in a boat and a tempest arose which put a real scare in His disciples. What did He do upon their request? He spoke and the winds ceased to blow and the seas became like glass (Matt. 8:23-27). Now if that is not action packed enough, we will never know what action packed truly means. Isn't Jesus the type of hero we want our children growing up believing in? He is a hero who will never let them down but will always be with them through life's entire journey.

Of course we know they cannot see Jesus but they can't see those other action packed heroes either. If we don't begin teaching them the truth about the true hero we will have fallen very short of the goal God has intended for all of us.

Action packed living with Christ!