I have my own prayer closet where I
put up all my prayer requests. I write them on a paper and I put
them up on the inside door of the closet. Now yesterday when I
opened the closet, I saw that my son took a sticker - 'Jesus is my
Hero' and he stuck it over some of my prayer requests so that I
couldn't see them anymore. For a split second I was annoyed by
this, but then it struck me. If Jesus is my Hero (and He is), then
He is mightier and more powerful than all the things that I am
praying for. He has them all under control. It gave me so much
peace.
Then I watched a programme by
Joseph Prince and he also spoke of Jesus as our Hero. He referred
to the following verse:
"For a child is born to us, a
Son is given to us. And the government will rest on His shoulders.
These will be His royal titles: Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." Isaiah 9:6
He said that in Hebrew, for the
Jews, the Name - Mighty God - means Hero. I had a look at the
Hebrew lexicon and I saw that the word 'Mighty' is 'Gibbowr' and it
means 'strong, mighty, brave' and according to Strong's it can also
mean 'hero'.
Now what do you see in your mind's
eye when you hear the word 'hero'? Do you see superman saving some
innocent child, do you see spiderman saving the day, do you see
Usain Bolt winning the 100m in record time or do you see men like
Nelson Mandela rising up and bringing peace in unstable
circumstances? What do you see? I had a look at Thesaurus and I saw
that the synonyms for 'hero' are brave man, superman, champion,
conqueror, star etc. For me personally I see a hero as someone with
integrity, someone that can be trusted, someone that will protect
you, someone that has your best interest in mind, someone to look
up to. I see a hero as someone you can go to and know without a
shadow of a doubt that he will help and above all that he has the
power to help.
So if we say that Jesus is our
Hero, what are we saying? We are saying that He has the power to
help and the ability to do so. We are saying that He has our best
interest in mind and we are saying that He can protect us from all
harm. He is our Champion, our Conqueror, our brave Super Hero! We
are also saying that we look up to Him and He inspires us to be
like Him.
Sit back and think of Him as your
Hero. Think of Him, the One that can do the impossible. Isn't it
just awesome to know that we have a Super Hero that Marvel Comics
can only dream of creating? We have a Super Hero that is above all,
above every Name. He can never ever be defeated by the villain. He
can never be destroyed and He is always available to us, always.
And even more than that, He loves us, really loves us. The Hero
doesn't need to fall in love with the one He rescues, He loves
everyone already.
Just think of the wonderful prayer
life we will have if we approach Him like the Hero that He is! We
can approach Him with confidence that He has the power, the ability
and the intense love to help us. He can be trusted and He has our
best interest in mind. We don't need to beg Him as if He doesn't
want to help, or even worse, cannot help us. He CAN and He WANTS
to. Our prayer life should be one of victory, one of celebration
with the One Who conquered all. With the One who has defeated the
enemy. The Word tells us that no weapon formed against us shall
prosper. Why? Because the Super Hero of all time is by our side,
Jesus Christ. Even more than that, we are part of His body here on
earth. For the rest of the year I want us to have a look at what is
true of us because we are part of His body, part of His Kinddom.
Next week we will start with that. But in the mean time rejoice, He
is with you, the Mighty God - Gibbowr El!
Thank you Father that we have Your
Son as our Super Hero! Thank you that we can pray and know that all
things are possible with You. You are our Mighty God, our
Everlasting Father and we rejoice in the privilege of being able to
call You that. Thank you for walking with us step by step. You are
wonderful and amazing and we love You. Amen