Wouldn’t it be cool to be a super-hero? To be able to help anyone we wanted to help, and do anything we wanted to do?
A priest asked me one day, “If you could have any super power in your imagination, what would it be?” I thought about it for a while and decided that the best super power to ever have would be the ability to give people exactly what they need when they need it. To be able to talk to someone and know in my spirit what they need at that moment. Not riches or gold or silver, everyone needs that. But kindness, understanding, comforting… or encouragement, motivation, loving correction… So I prayed.
Jesus, I come and ask, Please fill my heart with forgiveness and love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control – that I may overflow to others (Galatians 5:22-23). Gracious and Loving Father, I pray for the superpower You placed in my heart: that Your Spirit will help me discern the spiritual need of the person I happen to be talking to, that I may be Your instrument in helping them.
Today as I reflected on this I realize that’s exactly what God intended our lifestyle to be. Everyone needs kindness, understanding and comforting. Everyone could use encouragement, motivation, and loving correction. My abiding in Jesus will show me what and who and where to direct my efforts at each moment. I just need Him.
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