Timid Lion Tamers Need Not Apply!

1Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Could it be that Christians would rather look for ways to avoid any confrontation than to stand up for what they know is right. Do we mistakenly believe that if we do not bother the lions in our lives that they will not bother us? Are we like the timid lion tamer who placed this advertisement, Lion Tamer Seeking Tame Lion!”?

A doctor recently related how that a motorcyclist was brought by ambulance to the local emergency room in the community where he lived with severe injuries suffered in an accident. At first it was in question if the young man would live. After several close calls, the medical staff was finally able to stabilize him. But while it was determined that the young man was going to survive the ordeal, it was also obvious that he would never be the same.

This young man had made the choice not to wear the recommended protective clothing for motorcycle riding. If he had worn a helmet or leather outerwear, it could have protected him from the impact of the actual collision and of the contact with the abrasive road surface. Some injuries required immediate amputation while others would require several successive surgeries for cosmetic reconstruction and skin grafting, not to mention the lengthy therapy that would be required.

Unfortunately, many Christians make a similar choice everyday. No you may not be riding a motorcycle without a helmet (If you are, Stop it now!) but you are doing something that is spiritually just as dangerous. You are choosing to walk into the world, onto your job and into a hostile environment and face an enemy, a lion without wearing sufficient protective covering on your life.

Now we all wish that we could find a tamer lion don’t we? We wish that we could find a way to avoid any contact or conflict with evil. But satan is not going to tame down his attempts to destroy us. he is not going to turn into a docile domesticated house cat that we can just shush away with a broom! he is hungry and on the prowl! he is stalking us to steal, kill and destroy our happiness, our health and our homes

We should never look for a reason to be contentious. In fact we are instructed as much as is possible to live peaceably with our fellow man, but not with the adversary! We cannot pacify or coddle evil. We must aggressively attack it or it will attack us!

We need to arm ourselves! We need to take advantage of the protective clothing that God has provided for us so that we will be able to stand in this evil day! Put on the whole armor of God!

Ephesians 6:13 -18
13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

Are you tired of satan sabotaging your victory? Are you ready to stand up and fight the good fight of faith? Then grab your weapons, put on your armor, it is time to go on a satan safari! But be warned, living for God in this evil day is not for the faint of heart! Timid Lion Tamers Need Not Apply!

Just Sayin...