In the movie The Incredibles, Bob Parr is gifted with crazy strength. He lifts up a car with ease, but he has repeated difficulty existing a world full of normal people. After a particularly difficult day at his mediocre job, he pulls into the driveway only to find a small boy sitting alone on his toy tricycle watching him. He turns in irritation and asks, "What are you waiting for?" The child responds, "I don't know. Something amazing, I guess." At this realization of common ground, Bob sighs and says, "Me too, kid."
This world is full of the the hum-drum, mediocre norm. Some call it a routine. Some call it a slump. Either way the norm floods into our lives and numbs us into a state of no resistance. We give up! We stop expecting anything better because we have never seen anything better, or if we have, it has been a long time. I will tell you this right now. That is not how we were meant to live! Jesus said, "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly" (John 10:10).
Satan wants the norm to swallow you and bring you to a state where you are no longer effectively fighting for the Kingdom of God. He is trying to numb you so that you are no longer a threat to his darkness. If he can lull you to sleep. If he can get you to accept the day to day monotony, you will put down your sword and take on the role of a casualty in this great spiritual war. You will be mitigated, and the daily grind will dull your sharp edge.
That life is not the life God wants for you! That is not life abundantly! It is time to wake up! See the potential that God has put around you. That job or class that may see like the same old thing is really not unless you allow the Deceiver to make it so. If you allow God to transform the way you see, that same place is your mission field with many who do not know Jesus walking around in chains. Pick up your sword and strike them off! I guarantee that any mission field will start getting a lot more exciting if you start sharing the Gospel while you're on it.
"And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit" (1 Corinthians 3:18).
If you are realizing that your edge has become a bit dull. Your first step is to get into good fellowship with other believers, "Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another" (Proverbs 27:17). There is not one of us who will stay sharp all the time without help from the rest of the body. We all need to be in fellowship, "And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near" (Hebrews 10:24-25). Bring your brothers and sisters in on what God has called y'all to do. Get prayer support from your church as you share with people at work. Get your friends who are believers at school to help you share with other classmates. Above all, pray. Every great movement of God that I can think of in recent history began with prayer. Get on your knees and really seek Him. The Casting Crowns song asks, "What if the armies of the Lord picked up and dusted off their swords, vowed to set the captives free, and not let Satan have one more. What if the Church for Heaven's sake, finally stepped up to the plate, took a stand upon God's promise, and stormed Hell's rusty gates? What if His people prayed?
Do you want to see the captives set free? Pick up that sword; I want to storm those gates! Do you want to see something amazing? What are you waiting for?
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