A friend of mine, who doesn’t really care much for Rugby League, once played in a tipping competition by deciding each week which team mascot would beat the other in a fight. He often tipped the Cronulla Sharks and West Tigers to win, but the Eels and Roosters and Rabbitoh’s normally didn’t stand a chance.
In the book of Exodus we find the powerful Pharaoh exerting his power over the Israelites by oppressing them and making them his slaves – but Pharaoh is like a rabbit, or even an ant compared to the almighty God of the universe! Sometimes it can feel like a Pharaoh, or a boss or a relative rules and oppresses and controls our lives – sometimes we feel powerless and helpless and lost and at sea. It’s important in those moments to step back and remember who’s really in control. We can trust that God’s sovereign power is at work in us by his Holy Spirit – that same power that rose the Lord Jesus from the dead (Eph 1:18-21)! Therefore, we never need to fear the powers of this world oppressing or threatening us – even though they might dominate for a time – because we know God’s power, and we know the future he has promised to us who trust in him.
