This week, in our family Bible time, we're studying how God is victorious, even though when Jesus died on the cross, it didn't look that way. Victory does not always look like we think it should . . . at least initially.
This is so vividly portrayed in the movie, with Aslan on that fateful night, in his final solitary moments, when all evil gathered around him in apparent victory. Yes, all is not as it seems. And then . . .
This morning, I'm up at 4:00am (because Ethan has been snuffly, having difficulty breathing/eating, and I need to refill the vaporizor) and turning to the morning passage to read Isaiah 31. How does God do this so consistently? Matching up Scripture with actual events in my life:
"As a lion or a young lion growls over his prey . . .
so the LORD of hosts will come down
to fight on Mount Zion and on its hill."
I like this because so often I fall into the trap of "relying on horses, trusting in chariots because they are many and in horsemen because they are very strong" rather than "looking to the Holy One of Israel or consulting the LORD" (v 1). We all want to win, and when it seems like defeat is at hand, we run to something/someone that we think will help us to victory. This world is full of hollow victories, though, because ultimately, He will roar. Let us not grow weary in defeat, as the world knows it, but look to the Lion who has triumphed and will triumph over his foes.
