Is God Your Sidekick Or Your Superhero?

It’s strange, isn’t it? How when we first give our lives to Christ, He’s our Superhero and we know that we’ll always be safe in His arms.  But then what?  How do we incorporate this vast, amazing, invincible Superhero into our daily lives?

Do we even really know what comes next?  A lot of times, we try to invent our own mission and then ask God to tag along and be our sidekick.  That is so out of whack, it’s not even funny.

The truth is: God is thinking so much farther down the road than we are and of course He has an amazing plan for us!  How could He not? Do you think a God who created the whole universe, who has a purpose for everything from the smallest worm to the great big whale could possibly not have a wonderful, rich, and beautiful purpose for us, His prized creation?!  (See Jeremiah 29:11)

I’m not writing this to condemn anybody.  God created us to have goals and dreams and to want to pursue the things that He’s promised us.  He definitely encourages us to keep pressing on to the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus (Philippians 3:14).  I’m mainly writing to make sure we get the order right.

Psalm 37:4 says: Delight yourself in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart.  Have you ever found yourself delighting in the desires instead?  When that happens, we are already setting ourselves up for extreme disappointment.  Even if we get what we desire, it will never even come close to comparing with our amazing Lord and is sure to disappoint.

God knows exactly what we need and what is best for us.  He’s definitely worthy of our total trust.  You don’t need a back-up plan when you’re trusting in God! Psalm 25:3 states: No one who trusts in you will ever be disgraced, but disgrace comes to those who try to deceive others.

Let’s stop fooling ourselves, and start trusting God!  Whatever problem you’re going through or whatever dream you’re trying to attain is easy for God.  I’m sure none of us doubt He can take care of it with the snap of His fingers.  But even more importantly than that, He wants to build our faith which is more precious than gold (1 Peter 1:7).

I think God wants to do it all.  He wants to be our Superhero, our Sidekick, the cool bat-mobile, provide every single one of those fancy gadgets in the utility belt, smash the bad guys, and ride off into the sunset with us!  And all we have to do is have faith in Him and join Him along for the ride.  Not too shabby right?  That’s how good our God is!  And that’s why we can always delight in Him no matter what!!