(Proverbs 3:5) “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto
thine own understanding.”

Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster were shy, thin youths with glasses in 1933 when they created the man of steel who would become a multi-million dollar hero: “Superman.”

Siegel and Shuster are old men today, living on pennies and memories.

They have no royalties because they signed over their rights to Superman in 1938 for $130.

Siegel says he can’t bear to watch the old Superman television series and it pains him to see kids reading comic books on the Man of Steel.

Shuster said that in 1966 he stood on the sidewalk on the opening night of the broadway musical, “Superman.” “I couldn’t afford the price of a premiere ticket,” he said. “I just huddled out there, while the celebrities arrived and everyone gawked at them. I couldn’t get in to see our own creation.”

So many Christians today are selling themselves short of God’s potential in their life.  God wants to use them in a tremendous way, but they are selling themselves to the desires of the flesh and the wiles of the world.  Christians think that life is so enjoyable on their terms, and that they made such a profitable investment.  Yet, as time always reveals life’s truth, these Christians soon realize that they had come short of God’s best for their life.

The Bible tells us to “Trust in the Lord”, and not to “lean . . .unto thine own understanding.”  We are to give our life’s direction to the God of Heaven.  Each and every decision we make, whether big or small, needs to be given to the God who has been in eternity past and future.  We must make God the Lord of our everyday life, and trust Him to guide our steps.

Christian, let’s not invest our life in something that does not matter to God.  Let us invest our life in eternal reward.  Let us not sell ourselves short of God’s best for us.

As the burdens of life abide
In God we trust along life’s way,
The Lord, He is my Guide!
For He is my strength each day.