LISTEN ONLINEShe knew something was wrong when she heard her five-year-old’s ear-piercing screams. Outside she discovered a mountain lion attacking him. I can’t even begin to imagine how this poor woman must have felt. But there was no time to panic—the mother “charged the animal”! Smacking away the lion’s paws, she even “reached into the animal’s mouth and wrested her son’s head from its jaws”.
In the scariest of moments, this young boy needed his mum to fight for him. Sometimes that’s exactly what we need from our heavenly Father too. As God’s people approached the Promised Land, Moses began preparing them. They didn’t need to be afraid of terrifying enemies, he told them, for “the Lord your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you” (Deuteronomy 20:4). Because danger lay ahead, they needed to know that their God was a fighter.
It is good to know God’s constant compassion and care, but when it comes to real danger, it is deeply reassuring to be reminded that the Lord who fights for His people “will be with you” (v. 1).
Life is dangerous. It’s hard. Today we might feel caught in the enemy’s mouth as, like a roaring lion, he seeks to devour us (1 Peter 5:8). But God calls you His precious child. You are worth fighting, even dying, for (Romans 5:6-8). Call out to Him, for He still fights for His people.