And THAT, folks, is some AWESOME armor. They don't call it "Hulkbuster" for nuttin'...
Continuing this series in honor of The Avengers: Age of Ultron, let's take a peek at the group's frontman and see what we can learn - billionaire philanthropist and occasional egomaniac Tony Stark.
To learn any lessons from Iron Man, that's exactly where you need to look - not at the tin suit, but at the man underneath. This super is a great illustration for all of us: when it comes right down to it, we're all pretty soft and squishy. Vulnerable. Bendable. Breakable. Bleedable (I made that one up). In short, "human".
Problem is, life comes at us as hard and fast as a dozen Ultrons on any given day, with pressure, stress, temptation, fear, anxiety, pimples, bad choices, bad gas, bad credit and bad weather. We just don't know what's gonna hit us next. The GOOD news is... well.. the Good News.
We are not alone. We got armor.
In Ephesians 6:10-12, God tells us what to do to stand up to life and all the threats and dangers it can dish out. Put on our armor. Slap on the Truth, buckle on Righteousness and clamp down Faith all around us. Even more, we're encouraged to go on the warpath. With a sword. Dang. I want me some of that. That's something even Tony Stark doesn't have. Iron Man with a big flippin' sword?! Now you're talking.
The plain fact is that we're only as good as our armor. And if we put on that armor, then nothing can stop us. Not even life.
So put it on. That's not a suggestion.
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