PROTECTOR, DEFENDER, POWERFUL, STRONG, FIERCE

I was working through my many thoughts about the manger, but I saw this picture and this is really my stronger image of the LORD JESUS.  I see HIM as the LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH from Revelation and the from Genesis as Jacob is describing his son, Judah, and speaking prophetically of the LORD JESUS coming as MESSIAH.  

I wondered about a lion and I wondered even more why CHRIST would be compared to a lion.  Some descriptors of a lion: courageous, bold, fearless, powerful, fierce, conquering, protector, authoritative, majestic, and these are but a few of them.  As lion, He appears to my heart and mind so much as the ONE who has fearlessly defeated my "enemies": frustrations, challenges, difficulties, disappointments, fear, and a boatload more.  I so need that image of truth.  HE is the conquering ONE who has already won every battle at Calvary, that I will ever encounter.  Ole 1600's Jonathan Edwards said of the lion, "Unless your enemies can conquer this LION, they shall not be able to destroy or hurt you, unless they are stronger than HE, they shall not be able to hinder your happiness." 

Thank YOU, LORD JESUS for being the LION of the Tribe of Judah, then becoming the SACRIFICIAL LAMB slain before the foundations of the earth for me.  More than a conqueror thru CHRIST JESUS who loved and gave HIMSELF for us!

 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

THOSE SEEING CAN BECOME BLIND

Image
John 9 is the story of the healing of the blind beggar.  Not only is it a marvelous story of the miraculous healing of the man as he is given his sight, but a sad story of the religious of whom Jesus said, "For judgment, I have come into this world, so that the blind will see, and those who see will become blind ." The religious have seen the miracle, even though it has taken place on a Sabbath, and they interview the man and his parents for their stories and understanding. I find it so thrilling that the healed man speaks so articulately and logically with the religious in their "interview" with him.  His statement, " Now that is remarkable!  You don't know where HE comes from, yet HE opened my eyes.  We know that God does not listen to sinners.  He listens to the godly man who does His will.  Nobody has ever heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind. If this man were not from God, He could do nothing." What truth he has spoken to the religious wh
Read more

REHEARSALS

Image
  I wonder how much time do I give to rehearsing God's goodness and how He has intervened in my life to "save" me from myself?  How alike the Israelites I can be, complaining about what goes wrong, how it affects me, and what I lack.  As a Christ follower, I have the Indwelling Holy Spirit to give me remembrance NOT of my complaining and grumbling, but of a recall of God's faithfulness to me.  It is recorded in Psalms 78 and 106 that " They forgot what He had done, the wonder He had shown them", "They did not remember His power--the day He redeemed them from the oppressor...", "They did not remember Your many kindnesses, and they rebelled by the sea, the Red Sea.", "But they soon forgot what He had done and did not wait for His counsel.", and "They forgot the God who saved them, who had done great things in Egypt...". Contrast with me, God's remembrance: Ps. 106:44-46, "But He took note of their distress
Read more

ORDER AND DESIGN

Image
    I do not have OCD, but I do confess that I like order in my home.  Now that I am retired, I am not so much into spotless, but "picked up" and "kinda" clean. (Do not open drawers and closets!) I might go to more trouble when I know I am having company, but otherwise, I remove the clutter that seems to reproduce on its own.   When I began the reading in Genesis in January, I was again taken with the with the orderliness and design of God in creation, and have seen Him use Moses and Aaron to ORDERLY marshal the Israelites to move out of Egypt. How do you move some 600+ males and that is not even wives and children? Animals also?  They have been one year+ out of Egypt, and have been camped at Mt. Sinai where God has given them laws for their spiritual and physical welfare.  God gives Moses the design of the Tabernacle and Moses is able to bring together the workers to complete the Tabernacle.   The clip art at the top is the positioning of the 12 Tribes and the
Read more