All of us have a bunch of gifts from God, but I also believe with all my heart that every one of us has been given by God a superpower. We have a gift that when we use it, we put in minimum effort, get maximum results, other people go “wow, how do they do that”, and you effectively change the world. Every one of us has a superpower, and so few people ever perceive theirs so they do not benefit from it.
David was one of the most gifted people who ever lived. he could worship, sing, he was a remarkable shepherd, he could play musical instruments, he could invent things. But none of those things was his superpower – his superpower was he never lost a battle. No matter who David fought, he beat them. When Goliath turned up, David did something no one else had ever done. He beat the giant.
Joseph was another gifted man, Prime Minister of the largest nation on earth, a remarkable leader, an organizer, and he could interpret dreams. None of those were his superpower though. His superpower was he really loved other people. In prison for a crime he didn’t commit, he noticed that the baker and the cupbearer had a sad face. No one else noticed, but he did.
Paul had a superpower, again a gifted teacher, a prophet, a learner, a writer. But he introduced himself as “Paul, an apostle” – his superpower was to walk into any town anywhere in the world and pull a church out of Heaven into earth and watch it manifest. He was more than a writer or philosopher, he got stuff done because he discovered his superpower.
You have a superpower, but what is it? Jesus wants you to perceive your superpower. Not just a power, but your superpower. Your greatest gift. You were given a superpower, and with great power comes great responsibility – and that power is there to serve others and help others.
I believe most Christians never discover their superpower, they never discover what God has designed them to do. We need to spend time fasting and praying and find out our superpower.
If it’s a superpower it works best in difficult times. Someone once said that you get £30 an hour to paint a house, but £150 an hour to paint the top floor of a skyscraper. You get more reward for doing things at altitude. The giant discouraged the nation, but inspired David, and made him bold. When you are in a challenge, that makes others back off but excites you – that’s your superpower.
My superpower is not what I reckon you reckon it is. My superpower is similar to Paul’s in that I can start things that have never started before. Some people plant churches with a million pounds in the bank and three pastors on staff before their first meeting. That doesn’t excite me at all, when I have bills coming in from every direction, a meeting with eight people and none of them could at that moment lead anything, that’s when i get excited.
It is unlikely that your parents will be able to tell you your superpower, They normally are better at telling you your flaws and lacks! You often can tell your superpower when you see someone else with a similar power – it’s like your spirit wakes up and you really want to do that. Just be careful it’s that, rather than you idolizing someone who is just successful and popular. Listen to your heart!
Imagine having a superpower and letting a crime happen right in front of you. Well, if you didn’t know you had the power you might! Do what it takes to find out your superpower. It will be what you would do if money was no object. If every job paid £15 an hour, what job would you do – there’s a clue.
What energizes you like nothing else, what makes you get excited. There’s a clue. God will reveal it to you if you seek Him!
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