In the early days of video games, strong female protagonists were virtually non-existent… so the “helmet removal” reveal of Samus Aran at the end of the first Metroid game on the NES was a pretty big deal. But Nintendo’s willingness to subvert an early gaming stereotype by making her the hero was exactly what this intergalactic mission called for, and for years she’s faithfully served as the heroic bounty hunter this series needed. Sure, Link and Mario were certainly the perfect fit for their specific adventures, but they didn’t have the necessary skills to solve the type of puzzles that Samus was uniquely designed to handle. She was the perfectly chosen heroine we didn’t even know we should be asking for.

The Lord’s answers to our prayers will typically come in a very different manner than we are wanting or expecting, and if we’re only prepared to accept His solutions to our problems on our terms we will miss out on His Divine provision while we wait for our preferred resolution. Even Christ was rejected by the very souls He came to save because they didn’t recognize the Messiah they’d been praying for standing in their midst… so let’s open our eyes and ears to however He chooses to answer us today. His responses will always defy our assumptions and expectations… that’s how we know that it came from Him.

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:8-9

Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. Ephesians 3:20-21

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