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Facing Lions

Facing Lions
Imagine you have a very powerful gun in your hand
and are facing a lion that is getting ready to charge you.
You would be thankful for the gun, but is that all you need to face the lion?
What will happen if your hands start to shake?
My fellow brothers and sisters, exercise your God-given authority.
Point your weapons toward the lion that is seeking
to devour you, and stop shaking.
Be of sober spirit, be on the alert.
Your adversary, the devil, prowls about like a roaring lion,
seeking someone to devour
(I Peter 5:8).
Christianity is not just about being nice, meek, and naive.
There is a time to be a lamb and there is a time to be a lion.
Most of us know how to be lambs,
now let us ask God the Father to teach us how to be lions.
We are children of the Lion and the Lamb.
It is a very strange combination.
He wants us to be wise as serpents and gentle as doves (see Matthew 10:16).
That is a strange combination also.
May your hands never shake as you face the enemy.
May God impart boldness and courage into your heart day and night.
May you face the lion with the proper weapons
and God-given courage.
Are you ready?
The Lord is calling.
Let’s go face some lions.

From Kamran Yaraei’s Book “Food For The Heart”.
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