"Bam!" "Pow!" "Kazowie!" Those were the words I saw on the t.v. screen whenever Batman and Robin would get into a scuffle with the Joker, the Riddler, the Penguin, and each of their henchmen... twice a week... "same Bat-time, same Bat-channel."
I loved superheroes when I was a kid! I watched "The Green Hornet" and even a really corny show called, "Captain Nice." If they had a mask or a cape, I was right there!
(By the way... the word on the street is that there is a president of a major Christian humanitarian organization who loves comic books - but we'll keep his name on the Q.T. for now.)
During this time (5th grade), we had a game we played on the field during recess. It consisted of dividing up into 2 teams clashing on the field and wrestling all over the ground with our opponents. Basically, it was a free-for-all wrestling match. WWF on the playground!
We would come in from recess with our shirts all grass-stained and sweaty and our hair completely disheveled. But we were happy as clams because we'd gotten all that adrenalin out of our systems and had done what boys our age liked to do.
Every once in awhile, there would be an after school fight (I was in way too many of these) where a couple guys would actually resort to fisticuffs - just like on the superhero shows we all loved to watch.
If there are any ladies reading this, you really ought to try it sometime, because us guys would be having problems with each other... but once we finished the fight, we'd walk away friends. It's so much easier than having all those angst-ridden relationships that you have among yourselves.
But, back to the subject at hand. Guys, you were born that way! And I don't care if you were a bookworm growing up... you were probably reading stories about wars and battles and conquering heroes.
Men, we were made to war. In fact, the Bible says that GOD is a warrior (Exodus 15:3)! And since we're created in His image, we're warriors too!
The only problem is, it wouldn't be apropos for grown men to be running around on a field wrestling with one another. (Actually, that sounds kind of fun, now that I think about it!)
So, how do YOU fulfill your destiny as a warrior?
Do you go and hang out downtown dressed in a costume, like Seattle's Phoenix Jones?
This is the way I have found that we are to walk out the warrior spirit God has placed in every one of us...
“For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places” (Ephesians 6:12 - ESV).
Spiritually, every day, men... before we head out the door, we need to do what Paul recommends in Ephesians, chapter 6 -
"Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people" (Ephesians 6:14-18 - NIV).
So, go have some fun right now... get down on your knees... and totally mess up the Devil's battle plans against your life and the lives of those around you. "POW!" "BAM!" "ZOK!"
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