It’s such a good movie plot that it’s been used over and over… Crisis is brewing, all hope is lost, and into this mayhem steps someone so unlikely that even that person doesn’t believe he or she can save the world.
A sorcerer, a jedi, a super hero – the plots vary, but the formula is the same. A sage helps our young hero discover that every resource they need is already within them. What comes next is usually a painful (and often funny) process of learning how to use their newly discovered power. And in the end, of course, good triumphs over evil.
I probably don’t have to spell out all the comparisons, but I was thinking today about that process of the hero discovering their powers and learning how to use them. That’s where we’re living, right? (cue montage of funny scenes in which we try, badly, to exercise our spiritual authority, and eventually get the hang of it…)
We may not have signed up to save the world, but that’s exactly what Christ came to do, and it’s the work He has charged us with continuing. With great power comes great responsibility…
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