Na Na Na Boo Boo!

Have you ever been bullied as a child? It may have been at school by the playground hoodlums or even by a friend at their house. I know I have. I have met some seriously pushy people in my lifetime! If you have been in that situation and were lucky, you may have had a grown up step in on your behalf to defend you.

I'm telling you, that is the BEST feeling when someone steps up beside you, puts their arm around you, and tells your bullies, "If you're going to get to her, you've got to go through me."

The looks on their faces let you know they have been defeated because they do not want the kind of trouble they'd get for going against an adult. A feeling of relief and peace washes over you knowing that this person has just saved you by identifying with you and standing with you so you didn't have to face it alone. In fact, she was willing to stand in FRONT of you and take whatever was about to be unleashed. In that moment, you wanted to wrap your arms and legs around her leg and let her drag you through the rest of your life to protect you!

 

By standing with you to identify with you, the message that teacher sent to your bullies was that you have a big body guard who's not afraid to do business. Your identity shifted from "the lone wolf" to a pack of wolves. You were no longer alone.

 

 

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What a feeling!!

 

That is the scenario that comes to my mind when I read these verses:

Colossians 2:8-10 (NLT)

 

8 Don't let anyone lead you astray with empty philosophy and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the evil powers of this world, and not from Christ. 9 For in Christ the fullness of God lives in a human body, 10 and you are complete through your union with Christ. He is the Lord over every ruler and authority in the universe.            

This world is full of "bullies" (whether they are human or spiritual in nature) who work hard to lead us astray with their philosophies, paradigms, and perspectives on just about everything. They will use any topic to try to disprove that we are who Christ says we are not to mention the fact that they try to disprove Christ himself. The bad news is that living in a world full of these people can be challenging and discouraging at times, but the good news is that as followers of Christ, we will never have to stand alone.

 

When we give our heart to God, we are immediately blessed with a Heavenly Companion to go with us through life who is also not afraid to do business on our behalf. United with the Spirit of Christ himself, we are made complete (lacking nothing) by our connection with him. He is the head over every "bully" we could ever face and is the ultimate authority. Our very identity shifts so that it's not just us anymore, but it is "us and Christ." I am no longer Christy, but I am "Christy and Christ." He is always with us. He will never leave us, nor forsake us (Hebrews 13:5-6). That means he is not giving up on us. Ever.

 

That just makes you want to go through life singing, "Na Na Na Boo Boo, you can't get me!!"

 

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