Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Superheroes and Superpowers

I was hanging out with a small group of people tonight and the following question came up: “If you could be any superhero or have any superpower, who or what would it be?”

This nagged a couple of questions in my mind, the first of which is: what are superpowers for? Would I desire this power like I would desire a new Chevy Camaro, for its coolness? Or, would I desire this power for the effect and help that it could bring to the world?

When I got past the superficial answer of “freezing the moisture out of the air”, I found that every superpower I could think of fell short of my aspirations to “save the world”.  Being the fastest man on Earth could never heal a sickness. Manipulating objects does not bring love into broken families. Super-strength only has limited ability to stop the selfish mind from pursuing our own self-interests.

When it came down to it, I wanted to be Jesus. Yes, the man that only used his powers for the gains of others, not himself (as evidenced by the story where he is tempted by the devil, Matt 4).  We have a story where he could do some cool things and manipulate the laws of science to bless the lives of many. But, he also cared about relationships.  He could calm a storm (a cool science trick in itself) and he could encourage a thief to give back what he stole and he could even give a son back to his mother from death.

I covet the power of Jesus, but I would not be able to drink from the same cup that He did. I cannot handle the price, so I am thankful for the small part of him that he puts in my heart to live out in the most unorganized and messy, yet glorifying way.

I need a superhero. And I have one. And He inspires me each day.

They actually make comic book Bibles. I gave them to my little cousins for Christmas last year. The best part? The stories are not made up! http://www.amazon.com/The-Action-Bible-Doug-Mauss/

This thought process all came about due to a special event that is being sponsored in Morristown, NJ on Saturday, May 11 by the organization called Liquid Water.  Check out the details in the below video.


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