To LIVE from the Lion’s Den…
“The safest place in all the world is in the will of God and the safest protection in all the world is the Name of God.” – Warren Wiersbe
“In Jesus Christ on the cross there is refuge, there is safety, there is shelter, and all the power of sin upon our track cannot reach us when we have taken shelter under the cross that atones for our sins.” – A.C. Dixon
In January 2015 God started talking to me about the “Lion’s den”. On two specific occasions: I was praying for the protection of my house and the same for the venue where we used to have our fellowship gatherings once a week. During these two specific occasions, He pressed on my heart “Lion’s den”. I then asked Him one day, “Lord, what do You mean with “Lionsden”? I was thinking of Daniel in the Lionsden and wondered if He was warning me about something? But, He gently answered, “The Lion of Judah is with you because you invited Him, you acknowledge Him as your Protector and Shield. The same fate of those men who accused Daniel (Dan.6:10-24) and was later cast into the den of lions, will be that of the enemy if he tries to put a foot on your terrain. “…and the lions overpowered them, and broke all their bones in pieces before they ever came to the bottom of the den.” Heb.11 sais that faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. I, once again, became so aware that we need to be certain of what we do not see. Certain of what God says in His Word. Jesus said that He did not come to bring peace, He came to bring a Sword (Matt.10:34). The Word of God is the Sword of the Spirit (Eph.6:17). Are you using this Sword that is available to you? Ps.91 sais that he who hides in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty…because then God does the fighting for you. Your job? To dwell with Him, hide in Him. KNOW what the Word says – read it, use it, BELIEVE it. To worship in Spirit and in TRUTH (John 4:24)! There are many scriptures in the Bible about your authority in Christ, His protection over you and your family. The spiritual realm knows the Truth. We need to know too. And declare it, over ourselves and our family.
Mark 11:22-24 “So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God. For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.”
Prov. 18:21 “Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
And those who love it will eat its fruit.”
Matt.21:22 “And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”
I love Psalm18, it reminds me of what it means to be “the King’s kid” 🙂 . Here is some of it – Read and enjoy!!! This is what happens when you truly cry out to God when your world seems under attack:
“…I will call upon the Lord….the pangs of death surrounded me…the floods of ungodliness made me afraid….In my distress I called upon the LORD and cried out to my God, He HEARD MY VOICE in His temple, and my cry came before Him, even to His ears. Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of the hills also quaked and were shaken, BECAUSE HE WAS ANGRY…..He bowed the heavens and came down.…The foundations of the world were uncovered at Your rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils….He sent from above, HE TOOK ME; HE DREW ME OUT OF MANY WATERS. He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me…..He delivered me because HE DELIGHTED IN ME….”
To hide in the shelter of the Most High and to rest in His shadow does not mean escaping difficult situations. It means that sometimes we might still be cast into the fiery furnace and by believing and speaking the Truth as did the three men in Dan. 3:17 “..our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king…” In that place, they met the “Fourth Man” like never before 😉 .
And, like David, we might have to face a true Goliath but get to kill it with a small pebble after saying to that giant (1Sam.17:45) “...You come
to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied…”
Sometimes we will face a dangerous lion but through Christ in us, get to overthrow it singlehandedly and eat the honey from the carcass – tasting the sweet victory that we have through Christ and only through Him.
We might still be facing a never-ending ocean with nowhere else to turn but, like Moses, will speak the Truth (Ex.13:13,14) “Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will accomplish for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall see again no more forever. The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.” Then wait and see the waters part!!
Sometimes God will tell you to walk in faith seven times around walls of captivity/depression/disease/oppression/etc and the seventh time declare: (Josh.6:16,17) “…Shout, for the Lord has given you the city!Now the city shall be doomed by the Lord to destruction, it and all who are in it…”, then see the walls fall down flat.
The Bible tells us…What the enemy intended for evil, God is using for the GOOD (Gen.50:20). When we speak about God’s “good” then we don’t mean ‘good, better, best’, no, then we mean there is nothing better!
Psalm 91 carries on “A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; But it shall not come near you…Because you have made the LORD, who is your refuge, even the Most High, your DWELLING PLACE.” And then, when you have truly done that, you find yourself in the Lion’s den. THE Lion of Judah’s den! Where the enemy will not dare to tread! When God allows certain things, never forget that He sees the greater picture. You don’t. He already has victory! But know this, in that dwelling place, when the enemy comes knocking on your door, it won’t be you opening it! 🙂
