Ordinary Power
We've all been asked the question: If we could have any super power, what would we choose?
So, what would you choose?
Would you be more powerful than a locomotive, faster than the speed of light, able to leap high buildings in a single bound?
Not once have I ever heard anyone say their super power would be just some ordinary thing that we are all capable of. That would be silly, ordinary power is just so...ordinary. We all secretly wish to be more than just plain, old, boring, ordinary. We long to find some great passion and purpose to define our days in this life; some legacy we leave to the world.
With the first of December, our church launched their annual, Light the World campaign. It's a month of sharing our light, daily, with those around us through acts of love and service. The world will not be saved by great people doing powerful things but by the ordinary, humble, human spirit of light and love we intentionally share.
One of my favorite songs is Brightly Beams Our Father's Mercy.
Phillip Bliss wrote this popular song when he heard the story of a ship trying to get into the Cleveland Harbor on a stormy night. The Lighthouse shone bright and could be seen, but the lower lights had gone out. The lower lights guide the ship into the safety of the harbor. Without those lower lights, a ship has little chance of getting safely to the shore. The tragic ending, is that the ship missed the entrance of the harbor and smashed into the rocks. Everyone had lost their life that night.
The Lighthouse is a super bright light that is seen for miles, the lower lights are much dimmer but of equal importance...an ordinary light, you might say.
Christ is our Lighthouse, but we are the lower lights. We are the light that cares for others being tossed in the storms of life. We are the ones, through our acts of love, who rescue and save those around us. There is power in one...one person, one deed, one act, one love, one little light.
For this month, be ordinary. Do the things we do best in our little ordinary corner of the world, serve and love those around us. There is great power in a shared hope, a borrowed faith, an ordinary light that changes the world in powerful and amazing ways.
So, what would you choose?
Would you be more powerful than a locomotive, faster than the speed of light, able to leap high buildings in a single bound?
Not once have I ever heard anyone say their super power would be just some ordinary thing that we are all capable of. That would be silly, ordinary power is just so...ordinary. We all secretly wish to be more than just plain, old, boring, ordinary. We long to find some great passion and purpose to define our days in this life; some legacy we leave to the world.
With the first of December, our church launched their annual, Light the World campaign. It's a month of sharing our light, daily, with those around us through acts of love and service. The world will not be saved by great people doing powerful things but by the ordinary, humble, human spirit of light and love we intentionally share.
One of my favorite songs is Brightly Beams Our Father's Mercy.
Phillip Bliss wrote this popular song when he heard the story of a ship trying to get into the Cleveland Harbor on a stormy night. The Lighthouse shone bright and could be seen, but the lower lights had gone out. The lower lights guide the ship into the safety of the harbor. Without those lower lights, a ship has little chance of getting safely to the shore. The tragic ending, is that the ship missed the entrance of the harbor and smashed into the rocks. Everyone had lost their life that night.
The Lighthouse is a super bright light that is seen for miles, the lower lights are much dimmer but of equal importance...an ordinary light, you might say.
Christ is our Lighthouse, but we are the lower lights. We are the light that cares for others being tossed in the storms of life. We are the ones, through our acts of love, who rescue and save those around us. There is power in one...one person, one deed, one act, one love, one little light.
For this month, be ordinary. Do the things we do best in our little ordinary corner of the world, serve and love those around us. There is great power in a shared hope, a borrowed faith, an ordinary light that changes the world in powerful and amazing ways.
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