The Arrow of Offense and the Death of God's Superheroes

In this episode I want to talk about the topic of offense. In our day and age the false god that seems to have largely taken over our culture is what I would refer to as a Spirit of Offense… sadly many Christians are far more committed to managing their offense portfolio than they are to being transformed into the likeness of Christ.

If we are going to be successful Metron Managers then we must recover our authority over this false god. As I share on this concept I believe you will find a way to reclaim your the condition of your soul and in a manner of speaking, become invincible. When I think of the idea of invincibility .. often superheroes come to mind. 

Why do we like superheroes? They are powerful, able to rise above it all, able to overcome, able to define their own path, able to resist evil, able to make things right, in a way they are iconic visions of what our original design tells us we are to be. Somehow we all know that we were born to wear a cape or ‘suit up' as they say in the super hero movies!

We know this and the devil knows this... so how does he cut you down to size and harness your potential for his plans? He convinces us that we have a RIGHT to be offended.

Let’s look at a famous type of a ‘superhero’ from Greek Mythology that was brought down by a tiny vulnerability: Achilles.

In my book called Outreach Matters, I write more in-depth on this topic but for the sake of this discussion lets look at a short excerpt from the chapter titled ‘The Arrow of Offense’

‘In Greek mythology, achilles was the hero of the Trojan War. He was the central character and the greatest warrior of Homer’s Iliad. Although the death of Achilles is not presented in the Iliad, other sources concur that Paris, who shot him in the heel with a poisoned arrow, killed him near the end of the Trojan War. Later legends state that Achilles’ body was invulnerable, except for his heel. Because of his death from a small wound in his heel, the term “Achilles’ Heel” has come to mean a person’s point of weakness. 

Like this description of Achilles from Greek mythology, believers can also have a point of extreme vulnerability. No matter how strong we are in the Lord or how mature we may be in our spiritual walk, it is possible for Christians to have a similar vulnerability. 

It is a place in your heart that, if struck by the poisonous arrow of offense, it will at the least immobilize you, and at worst destroy you. 

I have seen the damage that this arrow has caused, not only among new believers but also among the more senior figures in the body of Christ. Everyone will face a situation where arrows of offense are speeding towards this place of spiritual and emotional vulnerability. 

Of all the types of arrows that will be fired at you during the course of your life, none are more prevalent than the one that, once lodged in your Achilles’ Heel, causes you to take on offense toward another person.’

So … do I have a RIGHT to be OFFENDED or is offense an Achilles' Heel?