People often try to be like Superman when in fact they're just Clark Kent, said Christian artist Kirk Franklin. And according to the Gospel artist, there is nothing wrong with just being Clark Kent.
"It seems like it's a bad thing these days to admit weakness, to acknowledge your own lack of power to accomplish something on your own. It's the same when you think of how many lives could be saved if mainly men would stop fooling themselves, respond to the pain in their chest, or the lump in their neck and run to the doctor for a check up," he wrote in the Patheos blog.
Franklin said it's not the doctor's job to call a person's house every month just to check on a client's diet or health, so people should participate in their own recovery.
It's difficut to admit weakness, Franklin said, because society places such a high standard on people, especially celebrities, sports figures, and politicians. "If we see their flaws, we think who am I to judge or challenge what they do?" he noted.
But Franklin added that it is the dumbest, most dangerous thing in the world to consider. "The same people that we laugh at — and talk about when they fall — are the same people sometimes that someone could've helped before they fell... and took others along with them," he said.
He confessed that he is Clark Kent. He used to talk a lot on the phone with his female friends and meet them for lunch, and go to parties at award shows and obsess over his album charts.
"The things I mentioned above on their own are not sinful, but they are things in my life that I recognised I am not strong enough to do in my own power. I recognise my areas of weakness and acknowledge them," he explained.
Since he acknowledged his flaws and limitations, Franklin said that it opened up the door for the real Superman to save him - God.
"We can do nothing on our own. You are a weak parent, a needy CEO, a powerless father. But if we remember this daily, the power of the greatest hero of our times promises to come and save the day," he assured.
