To call me old school would be a vast understatement. I have to admit that not every worship song grabs me the way hymns and gospel songs usually do. This is one that does. “Our God is the lion, the lion of Judah. He’s roaring with power and fighting our battles and every knee will bow before you. Our God is the lamb, the lamb that was slain for the sins of the world, his blood breaks the chains and every knee will bow before the lion and the lamb. Oh every knee will bow before him.”
That song points out two very different aspects of God while confirming with that last word that they are one in the same person. I write a lot individually about the Father, Son and Holy Spirit of the Trinity. I don’t pretend to be a theologian, but I think we sometimes overlook or forget the fact they are one in the same God. The God I worship and serve is not a committee; He is the master Designer and Creator of all things; He is our loving heavenly Father (Abba – Daddy); He is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world – our Savior; He is the Spirit that takes up residence in the heart of every believer; He is the Lion of Judah who fights our battles and much more. God was multi-tasking long before there was a human to give that concept a name.
At the very beginning of the Gospel of John we are told that Jesus and the God of Creation are one. In the fourteenth chapter Jesus is preparing his disciples for his death, burial and resurrection. “Philip said, ‘Lord, show us the Father and we will be satisfied.’ Jesus replied, ‘Have I been with you all of this time, Philip, and you still don’t know who I am? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father!’”
It is difficult for our finite minds to wrap around the idea of the infinite power and scope of our God. He is unlimited by time, space or anything else. Isn’t it comforting to know that He not only loves and cares about us, but He is able to remove the “im” from impossible and put the “super” in supernatural?