HEROES ARE A MIRROR

HEROES ARE A MIRROR

Friday, May 13, 2016

“All my heroes are cowboys.”

Psalm [ESV] 97:1-7 The LORD reigns, let the earth rejoice; let the many coastlands be glad! Clouds and thick darkness are all around him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne. Fire goes before him and burns up his adversaries all around. His lightnings light up the world; the earth sees and trembles. The mountains melt like wax before the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth. The heavens proclaim his righteousness, and all the peoples see his glory. All worshipers of images are put to shame, who make their boast in worthless idols; worship him, all you gods!

  By now we’ve all listed our heroes mentally, on a screen, or listed on paper and now it’s time to exercise with added weight in the interest of strengthening.

  When the psalmist addressed the problem of idol worship he was addressing wooden, clay, stone, metal ones. It would be easy for us to think that because we have no such idol in our possession or life that the psalmist’s exhortation does not pertain to us. But the truth is the underlying precept is not at all dated. The truth is constant. Image worship is just as optional (The free-will thing again.) now . . . and tomorrow.

  So just what do our heroes reveal about us?

·         We look at them for direction, assurance, hope and meaning in life.

·         In varying degrees we want to be like them.

·         They may be our convenience whereas God’s Holy Spirit external or internal is often inconvenient, at times very unconventional and in opposition to the world’s expectations. This latter may include family, mentors, and friends.

·         As much as we deem possible we mirror the images of our heroes.

  Now, let’s again inconveniently review our list of heroes.

EBB4