a girl with a red cape.

Do you remember being a kid and wanting to be a superhero?  You could contemplate for hours which superhero you would be, what powers you would have, how you would use them, and most importantly, what you would wear.  You wanted to do something with your life that mattered-- something that helped, saved, earned respect.   The world would be better because you had come on the scene just in time.  Somewhere along the way though, we became content with just getting through life.  We’ve lost our passion to do something heroic.

I got an email this week from a 15 year old girl who reminded me of the passion youth has to do something valiant.  She had heard of Back2Back’s Child Sponsorship Program and she wanted to help.  She knew it was a big financial commitment for a girl whose only income is from the occasional babysitting gig.  So she did something heroic and rallied three of her friends together to sponsor a child collectively.  

“We are super excited!!! We all understand this is a big comentment and we are completly ready for what ever we need to do!!!” 

I explained the process and how we usually need payment by check or credit card.  Like any hero, she wasn’t going to let that get in her way.  So she decided she would open a checking account to make payments from.  She would have her parents help her open it if she had to.  There was an orphan who needed her, and she wasn’t going to let anything get in the way of coming to her rescue. 

We all start off wanting to do something heroic.  It isn’t until we come up against a hurdle that we start to lose our vigor.  Life get’s hard, and mountains seem tall.  Doing something that matters is always going to seem like a good idea at first, but if it ends there, that’s all it’s ever going to be.  A good idea.

I think God made us with the desire to do something heroic because we actually are supposed to do something heroic.  God calls us to care for the poor, spread the good news, reach the lost.  And there’s an Enemy that doesn’t want you to do it.  We were made for a purpose, and until we start living for that purpose we won’t be satisfied.

I encourage you—Throw your hat in the ring.  Get your hands dirty.  Climb a mountain or two.  Start being the hero you were made to be.

“Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary.” Galatians 6:9