You Don't Need A Super Hero, You've Got A Savior

Day 64:  Exodus 15, Psalm 64 and 1 Samuel 16

In the newest Superman movie Superman's biological parents believe that he will be a savior to the people of earth and lead them through his strength to be better, kinder and achieve a higher level of humanity because of Superman's inspiration.  It's a great sentiment, but we soon find out that while Superman has the ability to inspire people to be more helpful, he is powerless to change their fundamental behavior.  He can inspire people but he cannot change them.

Jesus is a hero unlike any before or after.  He doesn't just swoop in and save the day He saves the people.

In Exodus 15 Moses has composed a "song" about the salvation that the people have just witnessed at the hands of God through the crossing of the Gulf of Aqaba.  And there is a line of the song that really struck me.

"In Your lovingkindness You have led the people, whom You have redeemed; in Your strength You have guided them to Your holy habitation,"  verse 13.

God doesn't just save a people from a moment in time when they are facing death, like Superman and others.  He redeems them - pays the price for their freedom - and then leads them in ways to avoid the situations that got them in trouble in the first place.  Because of His love He not only saves, He leads and guides them to exactly the place He has prepared for them.

You have been redeemed, which means bought, purchased, saved to a purpose.  But God doesn't just leave you there, He also leads you (because of His great love for you) to exactly the place He desires you to be.  It is by His strength that you arrive there, right where He wanted.  He can even use your mistakes to bring you to the place He has prepared for you.

Other super heroes save the day.  God has saved you and then leads you and provides the strength for you to avoid what others fall prey to.  You don't need a super hero, you have a Savior.