The lounging lions in Kenya's Masai Mara game reserve looked harmless. They rolled on their backs in low-lying bushes. They rubbed their faces on branches as if trying to comb their magnificent manes. They drank leisurely from a stream. They strode slowly across dry, scrubby terrain as if they had all the time in the world. The only time I saw their teeth was when one of them yawned.
Their serene appearance is deceiving, however. The reason they can be so relaxed is that they have nothing to fear - no shortage of food and no natural predators. The lions look lazy and listless, but they are the strongest and fiercest of all. One roar sends all others animals running for their lives.
Sometimes it seems as if God is lounging. When we don't see Him at work, we conclude that He's not doing anything. We hear people mock God and deny His existence, and we anxiously wonder why he doesn't defend Himself. But God "will not be afraid of their voice nor be disturbed by their noise". He has nothing to fear. One roar from Him, and His detractors will scatter like rodents.
If you wonder why God isn't anxious when you are, it's because He has everything under control. He knows that Jesus, the Lion of Judah, will triumph.
When fear and worry test you faith
And anxious thoughts assail,
Remember God is in control
And He will never fail. - Sper
Because God is in control, we have nothing to fear.
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Isaiah 31:1-5
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in the multitude of their chariots and in the great strength of their horsemen, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel, or seek help from the LORD.
Yet he too is wise and can bring disaster; he does not take back his words. He will rise up against that wicked nation, against those who help evildoers. But the Egyptians are mere mortals and not God; their horses are flesh and not spirit.
When the LORD stretches out his hand, those who help will stumble, those who are helped will fall; all will perish together.
This is what the LORD says to me: "As a lion growls, a great lion over its prey - and though a whole band of shepherds is called together against it, it is not frightened by their shouts or disturbed by their clamor - so the LORD Almighty will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and on its heights. Like birds hovering overhead, the LORD Almighty will shield Jerusalem; he will shield it and deliver it, he will 'pass over' it and will rescue it."
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He is in control of everything... let's just have no worries and be glad that we able to see the sunshine and cloudy rains... thank God that we're still alive to enjoy whatever is given to us...
:) Let's just play the swing, enjoy the wind blow on your face... let's just get an ice-cream, and smile when lick it... let's just laugh at the mistakes and remind yourself not to do it again...
Life can be so simple and easy yet happy... why not?
Life is so short but long enough for us to enjoy it...
Life has nothing else but to move on...
Life is just so meaningful and wonderful once you are born... XP
so, just SmILe... :)
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