2 Corinthians 10:1-6
(Use the link below to read the verses.)
In the 1984 movie The Natural, Robert Redford played the role of a baseball Phenom, Roy Hobbs, who had a supernatural bat called Wonderboy. As a young boy, Hobbs had made his bat from a tree that had been hit by lightning. He engraved both the name of the bat and a lightning bolt onto the barrel of the bat, memorializing its origin.
Years later, as a middle aged rookie in major league baseball, Wonderboy provided Roy Hobbs a spectacular comeback as he almost single handedly brought the fictitious New York Knights from last place to the World Series.
Hobbs most memorable home run was when he hit the cover completely off the baseball leaving the fielders and umpires a ball of unraveled string. Wonderboy was indeed a bat with mystical powers.
In 2 Corinthians 10, Paul was defending himself against false teachers who were spreading lies about his authority as an apostle. His defense lead to these verses.
3 For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. 4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. NIV
Paul was invoking the same divine power that raised Jesus from the dead. It is this divine power that changed his life and carried him through a life dedicated to serving Christ. A life that was full of controversy, conflict, hardship and persecution. Yet, through it all, he remained faithful to Christ.
Peter recognized this same divine power.
3 By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know him, the one who called us to himself by means of his marvelous glory and excellence. 2 Peter 1:3 NLT
Do you ever wish that something supernatural would happen in your life; that God’s divine power would come down like a lightning bolt and do something? We don’t have to depend on a fictitious, mystical bat because something supernatural has already happened. However, we do need to pick up the bat.
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