I’m sitting here watching a bunny gobble down some carrots my wife tossed out onto the snow. He is very alert. As he munches away he is constantly watching, ready to run for safety. He needs to be alert. There are hawks overhead, coyotes and weasels in the bushes. Actually the weasels will tunnel under the snow and pop up and grab them. I am so thankful to be at the top of the food chain. Though we have bears in the neighborhood they run from us. The most dangerous animals we need to fear are other people.
Many years ago when my boys were small we drove across the grasslands in Uganda to see some lions that were spending the afternoon in a tree. Unfortunately, I backed into a hole and had to get out of the car to push. While doing so the lions perked up a bit and watched my every move. I wasn’t feeling very sure that I was at the top of the food chain. I thought I heard one of them whisper, “Please pass the A-1 Sauce.”
It was a remarkable day when God said, “Let us make man in our image.” We have a Creator who not only brought us into being but wants for us to ascend with Him to heights unimaginable to us in our present state of mind. In Ephesians 2 we read, “God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.” Talk about being at the top of the food chain. We will spend eternity being showered with gifts of intellect and power.
Written by Roger Bothwell on March 17, 2014
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