I love the movies of the past several years filled with superheroes and adventure. Each time we are drawn into the story facing the end of life as we know it, the good guys arrive on the scene and take control. The fight for justice and freedom always wins; oppression and prejudice are big losers. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have super powers like that? Something unique to me that gives me an edge in the fight against evil?
Is it possible that I may be invisible? I speak to folks in the store, but no one acknowledges me. I comment on the TV show, but my words fall unanswered. I tell the dog to stop barking… again… but nothing. I must be invisible. If I’m invisible, that would explain why no one notices me. Is that my super power?
Maybe I’m not actually invisible. Perhaps I’m just really, really small. Small in an insignificant sort of way. Unimportant. Inconsequential. Wait, this may not actually be a super power at all. Am I alone in this? Do other people feel small?
I don’t think I am alone. My questions come at a time when so many around me are wondering the same. We see a definite need for change in our world, but each one of us feels too small, too insignificant to make a real difference. Who will listen? Nothing I say will effect change, will it? How could I make a difference? Those are the real questions we are asking ourselves.
Of course, none of us is invisible, but neither are we unimportant. Our voices were designed to be heard. It is possible that people are not listening; that happens sometimes. More likely, though, is that I’m not saying the right things. That’s not very superhero-like of me, is it? Superheroes usually say the right things. They speak with confidence and integrity – that’s why others listen to them.
I know I’m never going to be an actual superhero. Captain Marvel is safe in her position. However, I AM being pushed to speak with that hero-ish confidence and integrity. Over and over, scripture tells me to be bold and courageous. Time to step up to that encouragement and work toward using my super voice in the very real fight against evil.
Now, in order to be heard, I’m first going to have to embrace my inner worth. If I’m feeling small, I need to return to the Psalms. “When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?” (Psalm 8:3-4, NIV) God is mindful of me? In the middle of all this awesome world, God cares for me?
Yes! How remarkable that God values me enough to make me barely less than the angels! The Creator of the Universe knows my name, knew me before I was even born, and knows every single hair on my head. Yes, I have a voice. Yes, I am important. Yes, I can influence transformation.
Thanks be to God for loving me, for viewing me as significant, and for giving me a voice. May I use it effectively for super change in a hurting world.
Noticeably vocal,
Pastor Beth
Is it possible that I may be invisible? I speak to folks in the store, but no one acknowledges me. I comment on the TV show, but my words fall unanswered. I tell the dog to stop barking… again… but nothing. I must be invisible. If I’m invisible, that would explain why no one notices me. Is that my super power?
Maybe I’m not actually invisible. Perhaps I’m just really, really small. Small in an insignificant sort of way. Unimportant. Inconsequential. Wait, this may not actually be a super power at all. Am I alone in this? Do other people feel small?
I don’t think I am alone. My questions come at a time when so many around me are wondering the same. We see a definite need for change in our world, but each one of us feels too small, too insignificant to make a real difference. Who will listen? Nothing I say will effect change, will it? How could I make a difference? Those are the real questions we are asking ourselves.
Of course, none of us is invisible, but neither are we unimportant. Our voices were designed to be heard. It is possible that people are not listening; that happens sometimes. More likely, though, is that I’m not saying the right things. That’s not very superhero-like of me, is it? Superheroes usually say the right things. They speak with confidence and integrity – that’s why others listen to them.
I know I’m never going to be an actual superhero. Captain Marvel is safe in her position. However, I AM being pushed to speak with that hero-ish confidence and integrity. Over and over, scripture tells me to be bold and courageous. Time to step up to that encouragement and work toward using my super voice in the very real fight against evil.
Now, in order to be heard, I’m first going to have to embrace my inner worth. If I’m feeling small, I need to return to the Psalms. “When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?” (Psalm 8:3-4, NIV) God is mindful of me? In the middle of all this awesome world, God cares for me?
Yes! How remarkable that God values me enough to make me barely less than the angels! The Creator of the Universe knows my name, knew me before I was even born, and knows every single hair on my head. Yes, I have a voice. Yes, I am important. Yes, I can influence transformation.
Thanks be to God for loving me, for viewing me as significant, and for giving me a voice. May I use it effectively for super change in a hurting world.
Noticeably vocal,
Pastor Beth
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