Who else but God could make someone great through gentleness? God's way is truly not the way of this world -- as Paul says in 1 Corinthians, it is foolishness, and yet through it leads the way to life.
When I read about arms bending a bow of bronze, I take a little detour back to early Genesis. When Noah and family had come out of the ark, God made a covenant to never again destroy the earth through a flood, and set a bow in the heavens as a sign of the promise. That bow, of course, was pointed not towards earth as a threat but rather into the heavens as a sign. The bow would be pointed straight at the heart of Christ, for that would be the way forward through the world's wickedness. God set that bow in the heavens to show Noah and all the future generations where the punishment for sin would ultimately land.
So each time you see a rainbow in the sky, give thanks that God was willing to accept the punishment and make the promise that gives us a path forward.
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