“The Lion and the Lamb Inside of Us”
Isaiah 11: 6-9
It is hard to be patient and remain in this season of Advent when all around us are the signs and sounds of Christmas. The season of Christmas is wonderful as it reminds us of the birth of Jesus. However, if we can just stay in the season of Advent a while longer Christmas becomes even more wonderful. Why? Because then the birth of Jesus becomes the ground of our hope in the return of Jesus, as He comes again in final victory over sin and death. The prophet Isaiah points to that hope when he sees a kingdom where the lion and lamb will lie down together. Too often Christians think of heaven as our ultimate destination. Isaiah reminds us the new heaven and the new earth, where Jesus will rein as our King and where the lion and the lamb lie down together, is our ultimate destination.
If you are like me you recognize that sometimes we can be as cantankerous as a wounded lion and sometimes we can be as gentle as a lamb. Can it be that the lion and lamb within us will lie down together in peace? Actually, that is the whole point of the birth of Jesus – to bring the peace of God into our lives now as we build together for the coming Kingdom of God.
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