Playing with Kryptonite

When I was a kid, my favorite TV show was Superman. I loved it when he would fly into the open window to rescue Lois Lane from the bad guys, who could always be identified as evil by their thin mustaches. The thugs tried to kill Superman by shooting him, but the bullets just ricocheted off his chest as he smiled. When they ran out of bullets they threw the gun at him, which also bounced off! Superman usually grabbed a steel bar, which just happened to be available in the room, and wrapped it around the bad guys until the police arrived.

Even though Superman could stop cars and bend steel bars, he had one weakness--kryptonite. Once he got near a rock that came from the planet Krypton, he would lose his supernatural powers and possibly die. If Superman wanted to keep rescuing people, he had to avoid kryptonite at all costs.

What is your kryptonite? It might be a credit card, pornography, flirting with adultery, or something else. Don't underestimate its power to destroy you! Here is some helpful advice:

1. Realize you are vulnerable. The biggest mistake is to think you can never yield to temptation. "Let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall" (1 Cor. 10:12).

2. Depend on God's grace for your strength. Shift your dependency from yourself to God, who will strengthen you by His grace (Heb. 13:9).

3. Don't play with kryptonite. Plan ahead to avoid those people, places, and things that will kill you.

And remember to keep looking up!

Kent

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