“Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook
or press down his tongue with a cord?
Can you put a rope in his nose
or pierce his jaw with a hook?
Will he make many pleas to you?
Will he speak to you soft words?
Will he make a covenant with you
to take him for your servant forever?
Will you play with him as with a bird,
or will you put him on a leash for your girls?
I think sometimes we lose track of just how completely God's power surpasses ours. The things God can do aren't just really-really hard. I don't even think it gives him enough credit to say that "God can do the impossible" and leave it at that. God can do the utterly, absurdly, laughably impossible.
I have no problem imagining God defeating Leviathan, because I tend to imagine God as big and strong. But it's harder for me to imagine the Leviathan saying soft words or walking around on a leash. The imagine of a pet Leviathan reminds me of a part in CS Lewis's the great divorce. When one of the characters repents of his sin, not only does God take the sin away, but he turns it from something bad into something good. I wonder if I don't underestimate God when I limit myself to thinking that he can overcome the problems in my life. God doesn't just defeat the try to harm us. He completely and utterly humiliates them and makes them bow down and serve us.
As your reward for getting this far, a picture of a girl with a Leviathan on a leash:
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