Do you remember the I Love Lucy episode when Ricky sang,
“I’m in love with the dragon’s dinner…”?
These days, I can certainly relate with his dilemma. Though I am not the “dragon’s dinner”, I must
say that lately, I feel like I am the lion’s lunch. What lion, you say? The one mentioned in 1 Peter 5:8, that’s what
lion!
Be alert and of sober mind.
Your enemy the devil prowls around
like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. (NIV)
Sometimes I wonder
why it always seems that I am either going through or coming out of situations
that are really difficult to deal with.
Just when the sun begins to shine, I find myself knocked flat and
crouching in fear from that same old roaring lion. Looks like he would get tired of me after a
while and move onto someone else. But
for some reason, he won’t leave me alone.
Satan has really been trying to kick my butt lately. And he is using the ones I love the most to
try and convince me that I am a failure.
Since blogging about
the situations that are troubling me would cause embarrassment and stir anger
in people that I love, even if I omit names, I do not think I will reveal just
what is bothering me so. Though,
truthfully, one of them has been written for months… I just haven’t had the courage
to publish it. Maybe one day, but not
now.
So… instead of
pouring it all out, I have decided to kick the lion in the teeth by reminding
myself (and the devil) what the Word promises:
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist
the devil, and he will flee from you. James 4:7 (NIV)
If
calamity comes upon us, whether the sword of judgment, or plague or famine, we
will stand in your presence before this temple that bears your Name and will
cry out to you in our distress, and you will hear us and save us. 2 Chronicles 20:9
(NIV)
You
do not have to fight this battle. Take
up your positions; stand firm and see the deliverance the Lord will give you,
Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid;
do not be discouraged. Go out and face
them tomorrow, and the Lord will be with you.”
2 Chronicles 20:17 (NIV)
He
lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; He set my feet on a
rock and gave me a firm place to stand. Psalm
40:2 (NIV)
You
will be hated by everyone because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end
will be saved. Mark
13:13 (NIV)
There… now I feel better. I won’t be the lion’s lunch today.
