The following is a reprint of one of our first blog
posts in this blog. This week will be full of reprints from the past year…think
of it as our “Best of 2016” year in review. Enjoy them, and share them, and by
all means, live them out. And we’ll see you on Sunday!
If you happen to be a nerd, like me, you'll at least
recognize that the title of our blog post today comes from a movie released way
back in 2002. The movie was titled, Spider-Man, and in this movie, a young
Peter Parker is bitten by a radioactive spider. In turn, his body begins to
change and he is now able to do “whatever a spider can.” Peter’s change was
also enhanced by great power and strength. He was able to jump, run, lift and
do things with reflexes not many could. He had enormous power and not many knew
about it.
One night, he witnessed a crime being committed, and he
did nothing to stop it. As a result, the man he let go was the same man who
shot and murdered his Uncle Ben, who was his guardian. When he finds Uncle Ben
lying in the street bleeding to death, Ben gives Peter a word of wisdom that
would then guide the rest of Peter’s life. He said, “Remember, with great power
comes great responsibility.”
The same is true with God’s Word. In His Word there is
great power, and knowledge, and wisdom. If we choose to listen, we find that
the wisdom and power and knowledge give us strength. However, if we fail to
obey, our lives become nothing more than a discordant noise in the symphony of
life. Simply put, our outsides will not match what we say we believe on the
inside…or what we know.
We are called to be active in our faith…in living out
the Christian life. But if we refuse to obey, our lives become labeled as
“hypocritical” or “not genuine”. None of us wants that label, so let’s do what
needs to be done to make our lives a living replica of what Jesus has called us
to be and to do!
Please feel free to leave a comment or question. We will
respond to every one. And we hope to see you Sunday!
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