When Evil Appears to Win, it Hasn’t Reckoned on the Lion of Judah’s Appearance

I Call Upon the Lion of Judah

By: Susan Schiller

"You will meet evil face-to-face and you will not like it. You will be betrayed and abandoned by the people you love, even those you thought were your best friends. Most of all it will be lonely, very lonely. Do you still want to follow me?" he gently asks. His face is tender. His eyes seem to twinkle, even though they are sad.

I answered with the solemnity of knowing that either God was a fake, a liar, and a crook… or He was all Good, all Knowing, and all Powerful. I decided to bank on the latter, and so I leapt off the cliff, not knowing what would happen, when, or how. All I knew is that my hand was in his.

Whether it was the "reckless abandonment" I had been reading about over and over again in books by Oswald Chambers, such as "My Utmost for His Highest," or that I had just come to that point of utter desperation, I don't know.

Don't you wonder, too, where God is when it hurts so bad you want to die? How can it be that little children are kidnapped and thrown to the wolves engaged in sex-traffic, or left to die of hunger as countries go to war?

This world full of fear is an illusion, based on false evidence appearing real. Somewhere deep inside of us is a super hero ready to rescue the victims of injustice. The Bible calls him the Lion of Judah.

If I had to condense the Bible into theme, it would be a super hero theme… how God uses not the mighty, not the wealthy, not the powerful elite… how God uses the foolish to confound the wise and how God delights in using the humble, the meek, the children of God – those who simply dance with him. Who know they have no power at all, outside of Him. Moses, David, Daniel, Esther, Ruth, the disciples… and me.

"I'm grooming you to grin in the face of your enemies," I heard Papa God whisper, "Rule in the midst of your enemies." It reminds me of Psalm 23…

Even when the way goes through
    Death Valley,
I’m not afraid
    when you walk at my side.
Your trusty shepherd’s crook
    makes me feel secure.

Somewhere along the line, we looked at all the bad stuff happening and felt our foundation begin to shake.

We go to church and raise our hands, belting out the songs and hymns of our faith, volunteering to serve our community, and basically living as really good citizens. We're good people and we believe in God. On the other hand, tragedy strikes and we feel betrayed. We don't call it that. We pray and hope and pray and hope again that our situation will get better. But we're tied to the tracks and we hear the whistle… the train is bearing down fast.

Paralyzed by fear, we pray some more. We tell God, "I need a hero!"

And God laughs. Not at us, but at the enemy who looms so large. How many times have I been languishing in the midst of a very serious trial, only to hear my Papa's voice calling, "Dance with me!" And I'd look up from my reverie and I'd say, "What? Are you crazy? I need to have answers! First please help me to figure out what's happening!"

The thing is, there are NO ANSWERS to what is happening in our dark world. Evil is not rational but it is predictable. It's insanity. It's relentless. It doesn't care about anyone. It's in our systems of law and justice. It's in our churches and communities.

The answer is not "out there". The answer is not forthcoming from the world's systems.

The answer is "in me" and in you, as we sing, dance, and laugh all the way Home. We are the sons and daughters who are "on the way home" and the whole world is groaning, in anticipation of our awakening to our true nature and position in this world. We are royal family – princes and princesses!

This is what I believe God is showing me in this fateful hour. What stands between you and the promise of abundant lfie Jesus promises you? What dark plot has planted itself in your path?

I Mya in this fateful hour,

I place all Heaven with its power,

And the sun with its brightness,

And the snow with its whiteness,

And the fire with all the strength it hath,

And the lightning with its rapid wrath,

And the winds with their swiftness along their path,

And the sea with its deepness,

And the rocks with their steepness,

And the earth with its starkness,

All these I place

By God's almighty help and grace

Between myself and the powers of darkness.

Whatever is good, whatever is beautiful, if there is anything of good repute, I will put my mind on these things. I will dance. I will rejoice. I will celebrate. I will put all Good between myself and the powers of darkness. I call on the Lion of Judah to rise up within me.

It's time to rise up and put evil out of business by living on higher ground. It takes a grass roots movement. It requires awareness. It means none of us is exempt from participating. Love-based living is the higher ground.

Let the Lion of Judah arise in you!

PS  For those particular ones who may be reading this, thinking that you will gloat over your prey, you are put on notice that love always trumps evil. God hates evil, and I remind you that it would be better for you to have a millstone tied around your neck and be thrown into the sea than to hurt this precious little one. Your life is in God's hands of justice, and his arm is not too short to save. I don't want to be you when you see him.

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With all my love,

Sue

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