The Bear

The story of a movie called 'The Bear'. It is a saga of a tiny bear cub whose mother dies. The cub survives, but the viewer knows that his long-term chances are nil. Then the unexpected happens. The little cub gets adopted by an enormous Kodiak. This giant is always watching over the cub. He protects it. He teaches the cub how to be a bear. Everything the father bear does, the cub imitates. You watch this and are filled with hope -- the cub has a future. He's going to live.

One day they get separated. The little bear can't see his father anywhere. The mountain lion sees his opportunity. he comes swiftly, face-to-face with the cub; he is about to spring. The little bear rears up on his hind legs, lifts his paws and tries to growl fiercely, but the best he can manage is a frightened squeak. The mountain lion is not convinced. Both the cub and his attacker know he is about to die.

The camera focuses the mountain lion whose face registers a look of fear. he stops snarling, turns and slinks away.

The camera pans back and we see what we did not know was there; we see what the little bear cannot. Behind that little bear is the great Kodiak, standing on his hind legs, his massive body poised to save his son with a single swipe. Big paws. Fierce growl.

Then we know. The little bear had nothing to worry about. The cub could not see him or hear him, but the father was there all the time. That forest was a perfectly safe place for the little cub to be. The father could be trusted, even when he seems to be absent.

The story is true for you and for me as well. We will take risks in life and we will face problems. This is part of life and growth. The best part is that God is watching over us in the midst of all these. We are never out of His sight. We will never be out of His care! Psalm 121:3-8