What Do You Do...?

By Scott Philips

What Do You Do When No One Else Will Be the Hero?

Picture with me young David with a bag of bread and a block of cheese. He walks into the camp of Israel and when confrontation comes, there was no hero in Israel.

He came to see a fight, but all he found was fear. He came to see how the battle was going and what he found was a cowering army and the king hiding in his tent. He had hoped to see a hero win the day. But there was no hero to be found.

There will come a time in your life when no one else will be your hero. Victory in your life will not be measured by a praying church or an anointed preacher, but the outcome of the day will rest on your shoulders and your faith... when the only possible hero is the one looking at you in the mirror.

There was a day when the storm had been raging for hours. All those on the boat had prayed to their gods but the storm got no better. Then someone ventured over to Jonah and said, "Wake up and call on your God."

Everyone on the boat reached in their bag of faith and found nothing. But they saw a man who was asleep. Jonah knew the answer to that storm. He had the solution. "Put me in the water." The Bible "Aquaman." And so, with a heave ho, they tossed him into the brink and immediately... peace. The storm was gone and all danger passed. As Jonah went down into the deep, a great fish came and swallowed him down into its belly. That fish took him down to a deep, dark place, but what came out of that place was a hero.

There comes a time when the only place deliverance will come from is you. To quote Larry Boy from the Veggie Tales, here's something we need to say on the day when no hero is to be found... "I am that hero." Joseph had to say it. David had to say it. Esther had to say it. Daniel had to say it, and so did the three Hebrew boys. When it's time for you to take a stand, just remember... you don't go in your own strength... Like David, you come in the Name of the Lord!

Editor's Note: Scott A. Philips is the pastor of New Birth Church in Clinton, Mississippi. A prolific writer who maintains a blogsite relative to his ministry, Bro. Philips' ministry reaches far and wide and is a blessing to the Kingdom of God.