Super Heroes

Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.  1 Timothy 4:12.

My son-in-law recently sent me a picture of his two sons dressed up in super hero costumes! 

Aren’t they adorable!  I immediately responded back to his text, stating that I felt so much safer having these two super heroes in my life!  And of course, I love them to bits and enjoy spending as much time with them as I can.

However, as I thought about those sweet faces smiling at me in their super-hero costumes, I was quickly reminded of the heroes in the bible!  God used ordinary people to do extraordinary things!  God even used individuals with major flaws. For example:

Jacob was a cheater.

Peter had a temper.

David had an affair.

Noah got drunk.

Jonah ran from God.

Paul was a murderer.

Gideon was insecure.

Miriam was a gossip.

Martha was a worrier.

Thomas was a doubter.

Sara was impatient.

Elijah was moody.

Moses stuttered.

Zaccheus was short.

Abraham was old.

Lazarus was dead.

Many of us would have looked at these men and women of the bible, believing that God could never used these individuals due to their flaws.  But He did!  David was a man after God’s own heart and defeated the giant, Goliath, Moses led the Israelites to the Promised Land, and Paul became a great missionary, sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ!  God used them for His glory!

I’m not sure what God has planned for the two young super heroes in my life, but I know that God can use them, at any age, for His glory! 

Dear Heavenly Father…thank you for using ordinary people to do extraordinary

things!  Help us to see others with your eyes, believing that you can use each of us, regardless of our flaws, for your glory!  And help us to not look down upon the young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.