I grew up reading superhero comic books. I’m still somewhat of a comic “geek”.  There is just something about someone with amazing powers defeating the evil forces of the world; promoting “truth, justice, and the American way”. 

            One of the storylines in a Superman comic concerned Superman’s realization that he could not save everyone. With all of his abilities and powers he couldn’t attend to every crisis around the world; time and distance were against even him. In fact, it got to the point where he was about to just give up.  If he couldn’t save everyone, what good was he?  Thankfully for all the people in comic book land, Superman came to the conclusion that if he couldn’t save everyone, he could still save those he could reach.

            I think that a great many of us Christians feel that way about their effectiveness in the kingdom of God. We look around us and see so much lostness, so much hurting, and so much sorrow. We see immorality, wayward living, and un-godly influences and we think it’s hopeless.  Be honest, haven’t you wanted to give up?  Haven’t you gotten tired and said “what’s the use”?

            We can take a lesson from a fictional comic book character and realize that while we can’t minister to the whole world individually, we can minister to one person at a time.  We may not save the world per se, but to one person we can be a genuine “superhero”.

Pray constantly, work hard, and trust God!

Bro. Tony