Heroes

The theme at Palmetto Bible Camp this year was "Heroes!" We explored the book of Judges and learned how even when the Israelites turned from God to pursue their own way, God graciously raised up a judge (hero) to lead the people and turn them back to Him. One of the important ideas was that God could use anybody for his purposes. In fact, more often than not, God chose to use the weak to shame the strong, and the foolish to shame the wise. Over and over again, He would stack the odds against himself simply to show that He was a God who could take the ordinary and do something extraordinary. Still today God is searching for modern day heroes to rise up and answer the call He has on their lives. You may think you are not good enough. God says you are. You may think you are not strong enough. God says you are capable. You may think that there is nothing special about you. God says you are perfect...and He has something extraordinary in mind for you!...If you are simply willing to be used by Him.

No matter our age we have all types of heroes in our lives...

From superman, to Martin Luther, and Corrie Ten Boom to Mother Teresa. From Martin Luther King Jr. to Bono, and our service men and women to our school teachers. From mom and dad, to little league coaches, and ministers/pastors to young people with special needs.

It doesn't matter who we are, where we've been, or what we've done to this point in our lives. God has a word to speak to all of us and it is both good and bad news. The good news is that even we can be heroes! The bad news is that God expects us to be heroes! Okay you're right, "bad news" isn't an appropriate description. The only thing bad about it, is when we refuse to open ourselves up to be used by God as everyday heroes. It may be BIG, or it may be small.

Either way God is waiting for you to rise up and be the hero He has already prepared you to be!