Meeting a Hero

We live in the “celebrity sightings” era. Magazines and websites are covered with pictures of celebrities doing everything from performing on stage to eating lunch. Personally, I feel for those who have to go to remote places to truly “get away” (even though the public still knows where they are going!).

Then there are those pictures of when we meet a hero. Maybe it’s the autograph of a sports star that you’ve long admired, or a picture you post on Facebook of you and a hero. Sometimes people will go out of their way to figure out the schedule of a hero just to see him or her in the flesh and have the possibility of a picture, autograph, or brief conversation.

Please hear me out: I’m not saying that’s wrong! We all have people we would love to meet. School children are often asked to write or journal about a famous person, living or in the past, who they would like to have one conversation with. We dream about what it would be like to sit down with Abraham Lincoln or George Washington as war raged. We think about just hearing someone like Newton or Galileo explain his new findings. What would it be like to get a picture with Henry Ford or the Wright Brothers?

I just wonder how much time we spend studying celebrities, when we could be thinking about meeting with the greatest individual who has ever lived! Jesus is the greatest hero imaginable, and He is the One we should desire to spend time with the most.

Honestly answer the following:

• If you were to meet your hero, how long would you want to have a conversation? If it’s an hour, then why not sit down and spend an hour reading the words of Jesus?
• If you could take a picture of your hero, would you jump at that chance? While we have no photos of Christ, He did leave us an example, and we can pattern our lives after His.
• If your hero has ever fallen, how did it make you feel? Remember that Christ had no sin and promised to never leave us.
• Does your hero really want to spend time with you? Christ desires that we not just know about Him, but that we know Him!

Christ is the ultimate hero. He is far more than a celebrity. He is King of kings and Lord of lords. Why not spend some time with Him today.