“His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms, according to His eternal purpose that He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Ephesians 3:10-11

My least favorite day of the week is Gym Day. Unfortunately, we have 3 of those every week. Showing up at the gym is rather daunting for many reasons. Michael, the owner of the Gym, is my friend. He’s my friend because he loves Jesus. But Michael can be intimidating because he is built like… well… a Gymian!

Wearing a Batman shirt as I pretended to ‘work out,’ Michael came out of the office wearing a Superman hat! I thought, “it figures!” After seeing each other’s garb, we discussed the reasons for each of our choices for favorite superhero. I had to admit that HIS made MUCH more sense. Super-Man looks and does just like his name sounds. Bat-Man??? Eh…not so much!! This got me thinking about God’s names.

Knowing how my brain does or doesn’t work, I KNEW it HAD to be the Holy Spirit dropping the word into that muddy quagmire under my hair because, “Superintendent” is not a Bible word. I had read the word in a story, which had nothing to do WITH the story. But it caught my eye, swam around a while, then connected to a question that needed an answer. “What is the ‘intent’ of Almighty God?’ So I went fishing!

The original Greek word for Christian is “Christianos” which comes from the two Greek words “Christ and “tian.” The word Christ means “anointed” and “tian” means “little.” So the word “Christian” literally means “little anointed ones.” Which is what God expects me to be and look like. Today, the word ‘superintendent’ is the title of someone in charge. But I suspected there was more to be considered.

God has purpose, intention and an overall objective for mankind. As a created being, it seems logical to me that if I find out what that is, and conform to it, my life will find meaning and fulfillment. I had to wrestle among SEVERAL verses to pick out an ultimate one to define what God’s purpose is… And I like this one.

God’s intent and purpose is that His Church should make known ALL the wisdom of God to everything… everywhere! Especially the satanic and evil human world. Which means I SHOULD be focusing LESS on the tough MAN side of my favorite superhero, and focus more on FLITTING and SQUEAKING for Jesus wherever I go in this dark world!

How do YOU picture YOURSELF for Christ?