This is the weekly email devotional of WhoUWith? Ministries
(2004)
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“Heroes are not forgotten, but
legends never die. Go with your heart.” --from the movie, “The
Sandlot”
As a boy I
would image myself being a superhero. Saturday mornings were filled with
watching “The Super Friends and the Legion of Doom”. I thought Flash
and Green Lantern were two of the coolest dudes. The only reason Aqua Man
didn’t make my heroes “dream team” was due to my fear getting
swallowed by a whale, which is a real possibility when you grow up in
Tennessee!!
I also had real life
heroes growing up. My grandfather was a hero to me. He taught me a lot about
being a man. My mom was a hero. She started out as a single parent trying to
raise a son…she did the best she could, but she didn’t have much to
work with!
I guess it is true that
heroes are not easily forgotten. But what about legends? I only know of one
true legend. There is only one legend who will never die. I’ll never
forget when I first heard about Him. I was told He suffered, died and then rose
from the dead and He did all of that for me. That made Him more than just a
hero…it made Him a legend to me.
What does God’s Word say?:
For
Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring
you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit.
1 Peter 3:18
But God demonstrates his own love for
us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans
5:8
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer
live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in
the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians
2:20
As I got older I
realized that there was no such thing as super heroes…they are only
cartoons. And my real life heroes are still the same; as a matter of fact I
have probably added a few new ones to the list. But there is still only One who
is a legend to me.
Man has been
trying since the beginning of time to be a hero…be a legend…be a god,
but we always fall short in our attempts to reach God. Sin is our kryptonite.
It wasn’t until God reached down to us through Christ that we were rescued
from our sin.
He doesn’t
wear a cape, but He did bear a cross. He is more than a hero, or even a legend,
He is Savior and Lord. Are you looking for a hero to rescue you? Why not call
on Christ today?
Just a thought!
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