X-Men United“Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls, for he has no one to help him up. Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; But how can one be warm alone?” (Ecclesiastes 4:9-11) In the 2003 summer blockbuster X2:X-Men United, the X-men band together to find a mutant assassin who tried to kill the President while the Mutant Academy is being attacked by the military. We may not be mutants but we all can be extraordinary men or X-Men when God is working through us to change the world with His power and glory. Like the X-Men, God made us to need others and united we stand. We may not discover this until we fail in a business, a marriage, a career, a close friendship, or a relationship with our children. We are incomplete without inputs from others into our lives so that we can be comforted, exhorted, corrected, or edified. A big ego or a know-it-all attitude is one of the most hated sins in God’s eye because it is the highest form of pride. “By pride comes nothing but strife, but with the well-advised [by many others] is wisdom.” (Proverbs 13:10) God has made each of us, even The Talented Mr. Ripley, so that we have only so many gifts or talents. Because God did not give any one of us all of the available gifts, we need to learn to depend on others and humbly trust them to complete us where we are deficient. In the spiritual battle against the flesh, the world, and the devil, we must be like the X-Men United in banding together online and offline in prayer, Bible meditation, and intercession. Batman had Robin, Ben had Jerry, Bonnie had Clyde, Neiman had Marcus, Hewlett had Packard, Merrill had Lynch, Dolce had Gabbana, Laverne had Shirley, Fred had Ginger, and Tom once had Nicole. In the Bible David had Jonathan, Moses had Aaron, Joshua had Caleb, Jesus had the 12 disciples, and Paul had Silas. In the 16th century, Martin Luther had Philip Melanchthon. Luther realized that he needed a partner to complete the powerful work God had called him to do. Luther learned many things from his friend Melanchthon, who was a great scholar who could speak several languages and became Professor of Greek at the University of Wittenberg at age 21, ten months after Luther nailed his famous 95 theses on the Roman Catholic church door in Wittenberg in 1517. Melanchthon was instrumental in the Protestant Reformation through his research, writings, moral purpose, and conscience. Luther and Melanchthon were inseparable, and were even buried next to each other. We may not be in the U.S. Army where we can be all that we can be, but God must have placed some one to complete us, to make us whole. Perhaps it is a soulmate, a close friend, a neighbor, an email buddy, a mentor, a minister, a relative, or a business partner. If we already found someone, thank God and tell that person how much we appreciate him or her.Copyright © 2003 Eddy Ministries. All rights reserved. Subscribe/Unsubscribe: eddyn@earthlink.net
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