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Daily Heroic Living via Jesus Christ

4/14/2013

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04-15-13  Daily Heroic Living via Jesus Christ   

While rustling some papers around, a note fell out. On the note I had written a statement that went swimming by as I was reading. The scribbling stirred the rather small brain carried in my cranium.

“The story of the race is the story of men and women selling themselves short.” Abraham Maslow

Maslow, as with most people, was not always right, but I believe he was on top with the above musing. We all tend to limit what we can do. Times of emergency reveal that we are capable of far greater feats than imagined in normal times. We have all read of people demonstrating amazing strength when another person is in danger.

Years ago I read of a tractor trailer accident that resulted in a raging fire. The driver was trapped beneath the rig. A man of ordinary stature ran up to the truck, and amazingly lifted the truck, allowing another to pull the driver to safety. When asked “How did you find the strength to lift that huge rig?” He answered, “I hate fire.”

In times of emergency strength, courage and intellect are magnified.

Knowledgeable Christians understand that we are to be snatching souls from the fire until the trumpet sounds, thus we must act on the premise used by Paul in Philippians 4:13, “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” Surely, Christ’s strength in us leaves no room for selling ourselves short.

Copyright © 2013 Larry Lilly


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Oral Deckard link
4/15/2013 05:03:17 am

Daily Heroic Living, huh? Sounds like I'd need a cape, and a mask to protect my secret identity.

But I do recall another of your sermons about not waiting for dramatic events requiring a hero to be a hero, but to be willing to do the small things that need done, some even boring or drudgery, that contributes to the success of God's mission for us.

The title wasn't Daily Super Hero Living via Jesus Christ, so I guess it is open to all. And when we recognize that "I can't" usually means "I don't want to," all we have to do is be willing to serve in what ever way comes our way.

Dollars are big, but enough pennies add up to the same thing.

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