Hey Dad, You can be a Super Hero

Intro: For decades now story writers and comic books and movie makers have created characters with so called Super Powers. The List of “common” super powers includes such things as:
- invisibility
- x-ray vision
- bones that cannot be broken
- able to talk to animals
- super sonic hearing
- ability to Leap over tall buildings
- ability to Climb tall buildings
- unaffected by extreme cold
- unaffected by extreme heat
- night vision
- able to Fly
- able to breathe underwater
Well, I do not have any of those super powers; and to the best of my knowledge, no dad I know has any of them either. One man said, “When you’re young you think your dad is Superman. Then you grow up and you realize he’s just a regular guy who wears a cape.”
Well, even though we are not Super Heros in earthly life, in the plan of God, every dad can be a super hero; you probably won’t get a Cape or Costume as part of your power, but you do get God’s Spiritual Armor and that’s better than all the make-believe stuff anyway.


I. Dad’s Can be Super Heros of Trust.
We are told to put on the helmet of Salvation; in order to do that you and I must Trust in the Lord alone! We cannot trust in ourselves; in our goodness; in our abilities or strengths; We must Trust in the Lord Alone! Dad’s who exercise this Trust in the Lord are Super Heros. Dad’s who are Saved by Grace through Faith; who have been washed clean by the blood of Jesus, and born again by the power of the Holy Ghost are super heros.
A child could have no better role model than a dad who Trusts in the Lord for Salvation.
Not only do we get a helmet of salvation, we also get a Shield of Faith. Paul says that with this mighty shield, we can “quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one...” Talk about a super power!
Being able to Trust in the Lord to the point that your Faith overcomes ALL the fiery darts of the devil that come against your soul and against the souls of your family- that’s a Great super power and makes a Dad a super hero.
We are all well aware of the devil’s attacks on us personally and on our families. We know that he is shooting fiery darts of Doubt; fiery darts of Confusion; fiery darts of Compromise; fiery darts of Distraction and Discouragement. We need this Shield of Faith to quench those darts; to neutralize them; to render them ineffective; to Protect our life and our family.
Are you exercising your Faith and Trust in the Lord?
Are you Saved and Protected by your Faith and Trust in the Lord?
Are you a Super Hero of Trust?


II. Dad’s Can be Super Heros of Truth.
We are told there is a Belt of Truth that we are to put on. This belt of truth holds all of the pieces of the armor in their right places; it holds everything together.
Every Dad needs to be a super hero of Truth!
We need to Find the Truth for our own lives and be Persuaded in our own Minds. We need to Believe the Truth; we need to Live the Truth; we need to Hold to the Truth and never be turned away from it. So that, while the world staggers around in confusion and doubt and uncertainty, we can Stand Strong and Sure on the Truth that God has given.
Our wives need for us to be Strong in the Truth! They need our leadership and direction; they need our firm determination; they need our settled confidence in the Truth of God’s Word.
Our children need for us to be Strong in the Truth. They are being bombarded by our Culture; by Social Media; by Peers; by the World around them. They often feel confused and in doubt and can easily lose their way if they do not have a Leader in the Home that is a Strong in the Truth.
Come now DAD, if you are unsure about your salvation; your wife and children will feel unsure too. If you are unsure about the Authority of the Word of God- they will be unsure too. If you waver and are wishy-washy about the Truth of Holy Living and the truth of the Holy Ghost and the Truth of heaven and hell, they are going to be uncertain and unstable too.
Be a super hero of the Truth!
Put on that Belt of Truth!
Put on that Breastplate of Righteousness.
Put on the armor of God for yourself and for your family.


III. Dad’s Can be Super Heros of Training.
We can be the leaders in our home when it comes to the Spiritual Training of our children.
We are told to have our feet shod with Gospel of Peace.
We are told to take up the Sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God.
How about it Dad? Are you diligently teaching you children the ways of God?
Are you teaching them by example?
Are you teaching them by your words?
Are you Training them in the Way that they should go, so that later in life they will have a proper foundation and not depart from it?
Paul wrote in Eph 6:4 that fathers, are to “bring (their children) up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.” To bring them up in the Nurture of the Lord means to Instruct them; to Feed them truth; to nourish their soul with God’s Word and God’s Ways. To bring them up in the Admonition of the Lord means to Correct and Discipline them; to tell them when they do wrong and show them how to do right; to direct their steps and their lives.
Every husband and father will give account to God for himself first; then he will give account for his relationship with his wife; then he will give account for how he brought up his children.
I know that I am not a super hero when it comes to being an earthly dad; and neither are you.
BUT we can all be super heros of the Faith when it comes to the Spiritual leadership we provide for our families.
Be a super hero of Trust.
Be a super hero of Truth.
Be a super hero when it comes to Training your children.
And May God help us with our faults and failures as we strive to do his will.