While channel surfing this morning I came across an old Hopalong Cassidy film. I had forgotten how wonderfully unrealistic they were. Hoppy always shoots the gun out the bad guy’s hand without wounding it. The bad guy’s bullets never hit anything the bad guy is aiming at. The bad guy can hit Hoppy on the head with the handle of his six-shooter only to have Hoppy wake up in a few minutes with no wound, no concussion and no headache. Hoppy’s hat never falls off and his pure white horse is faster than any of the bad guys’ horses. Hoppy is played by an actor name William Boyd and I did notice as I read the credits that the movie was a William Boyd production. Yes, he was in charge of all the details.
This world is God’s production. But it was hi-jacked. God is no longer in charge of all the details. The hi-jacker has filled God’s creation with pain, dishonor and death. A billion things a day happen here that are not God’s will. The bad guys do shoot good people. The bad guys are sometimes faster than the good guys. When the Creator Himself came to save us He did not wake up from a smash on the head. He died. However, lest we be disheartened, just like a Hopalong Cassidy film our Hero will ultimately win. He rose from His grave and all who love and believe Him will join Him in His victory. Instead of a hat He wears a crown. And, yes, our Champion rides a white horse. “I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True.” Revelation 19:11
Written by Roger Bothwell on May 5, 2014
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