Superheroes!!!!

Okay so I wanted to start off by saying, Wow! I can't believe how many people are reading this blog now. It amazes me how many people are enjoying what I am writing. I am so glad I started this and I thank God for being able to reach to so many people.

So onward to today's study.

I want to start with a question, What do the following things have in common?

  

If you said Superheroes, good job but not the answer I was looking for. Here what if I added this picture. 

Have you figured it out? You could still say Superhero because well Jesus is my superhero but I am looking a little deeper. What if I said the answer was Sacrifice? 

Superheroes are something that we all grow up with. I am almost positive that everyone reading this can name multiple superheroes and have at least one of them that they love and adore. For me that is Iron Man, Thor, Caption America (or Action thanks to my mom), and Batman. But look at all the superheroes out there, they all have something in common. They all had to sacrifice in order to help humanity. 

Batman- sacrificed love, family, friends, and his life. 

Thor- a brother and a love 

They all give up time and their lives to protect the lives of others. They never question what they do or why they do it. They just get out there and risk it all in order to maintain that life on earth is safe and those they care about are okay. 

In today's world we are totally engaged in the world of superheroes. Every year at least one superhero movie is realized and it got me thinking. Who is the best superhero of all time? Jesus 

You see Jesus is everything that we love about superheroes. He gave it all, he gave his life, in order to protect all of those that needed it. He sacrificed himself to save all. Jesus is the ultimate superhero. Okay yeah he didn't have a cool cape or a hidden identity but superheroes are more then that. They are more then the smoke and mirrors, more then the fighting, more then the mask. Superheroes are hope for humanity, the are a gift to mankind, they are sacrifice, they are good beliefs and morals (okay ignore iron man on this one). Superheroes are everything and more and that is Jesus. Jesus is hope a gift, sacrifice, good beliefs and morals. In fact Jesus was the first superhero ever. How cool is that! 

Jesus saved us all. He saved Batman, Iron Man, Captain America, the Hulk. Jesus saved those that save us. 

And just like the other superheroes, Jesus has to fight the bad guys, it is just that these bad guys are sometimes created by us. They are sin and evil, corruption and the devil. They are bad guys are are bigger then Loki, the Joker, Riddler, the Sandman. These bad guys also never end or die. They keep going but because of the sacrifice that Jesus gave, they can't win. The Sacrifice of the Life of the Son of God made it so that no evil could win. All we had to do was believe and ask for forgiveness and the evil is gone. 

Jesus is the ultimate superhero. He always has been and always will be and I believe that with my whole heart. But there is another part of this we have to discuss. 

When a superhero wins a battle what do the people do. For example in the last Batman movie the Dark Night Rises, what did Robin do after it looked like Batman had sacrificed his life to save Gotham? He picked up where Batman left off. He started to fight crime the way that Bruce Wayne did. 

So what does that have to do with the whole Jesus superhero thing? Well simple. We have to pick up where he left off. No I am not saying we all have to sacrifice our lives. Well I kinda am, but let me explain. We have to sacrifice our lives to live the life of Jesus. We have to be the ultimate sacrifice to others. It is our turns to pick up where he left off. We have to become the new heroes in this story. 

So pick up where he left off. Be Robin and take over the role. Help out others like a superhero would. It is time to stand up and be what we are meant to be, the Light of Christ in a world of Darkness. The hope and sacrifice in this world. I dare you too! 

God Bless!