Buzz was from a toy manufacturer as well, but he didn't see himself as a toy. In his mind, he really was a space ranger. Hearing this little exchange reminded me of something I heard in a class at HYC this year.
In Numbers, we get a Biblical account of Moses sending spies into the land of Canaan. We are all familiar with the story and know that after 40 days of investigating the land, the spies returned to Moses and only Joshua and Caleb believed they could possess the land. Caleb said "We should go up and take that land for ourselves. We can easily take that land." The other men, however, gave a much different report. They said, "We cannot fight those people! They are much stronger than we are...The land we saw is full of strong people. They are strong enough to easily defeat anyone who goes there." They saw giants and said "We were like grasshoppers to them!"
The report of the majority discouraged the Israelites and they wandered around for several more years. Moses passed away and then God spoke to Joshua about the promise of the people possessing Canaan. Joshua then sent two men into Jericho as spies. Those two spies ended up at the house of Rahab, a prostitute. She hid them on the roof while the King's men searched for them. When it was safe, Joshua 2 says "she came up unto them upon the roof; and she said unto the men, I know that the Lord hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you. For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed. And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the Lord your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath. Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the Lord, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token: And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death. And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the Lord hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee. "
The Battle of Jericho was the first battle in the Israelites conquest of Canaan. The interesting thing is: the Israelites spent many years living in fear, believing the giants saw them as grasshoppers. The giants on the other hand, spent years living in fear of the Israelites, knowing they would be fighting a loosing battle because God had already given them the land.
Sometimes, the situation we are facing isn't our problem. The way the enemy sees us isn't our problem. What needs fixing is the way we see ourselves.
"Hello, my name is child of the one true King." We have nothing to fear or dread. Our father is always working on our behalf.
