Protection Against the Lion and the Leech

UV 3549/10000 Protection Against the Lion and the Leech And I will make you to this people a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you, but they will not prevail against you, for I am with you always to save you and protect you,” says the Lord. Jeremiah 15 v 20 Bronze is an alloy of copper, tin, aluminium, manganese, nickel or zinc. Likewise, when the spiritual qualities of faith, love, joy, peace, hope, humility and self control combine, we become very strong like bronze. We derive strength from all these properties. The Lord, then, builds us brick by brick, with every word of His that we imbibe and assimilate to become a wall of bronze. Since we become the target of many forces and agents of evil, we will be involved in many battles. This uni-verse promises with certainty that such forces and persons cannot prevail against us. As long as we take our stand on the truths of our faith, the Lord is with us as a mighty warrior, an impenetrable shield. This ensures external protection against the assaults of the roaring lion. The “Great I Am” is with us all the time and through the rest of eternity. His presence is sufficient to protect us. He promises to save us and protect us. We only need to retain our “saltiness.” We are the salt that brings out the flavour of God in every aspect and dimension of life. Jesus asked the rhetorical question, “ If salt loses its saltiness, what can make it salty again. “ We need to take more of the Word into our hearts and minds to remain high quality salt. Just as salt releases the clutches of the tentacles of a leech, the Word releases us from the clutches of the tentacles of sin and of the risks, threats, dangers, challenges, obstacles of this world. The leech always wants more. Hence, the word will release us of this desire for more and more and give us a sense of contentment. This is internal protection against temptations of money, lust, pride, pursuit of pleasure, power and fame. It is protection from the subtle attacks of the leech. Since we are protected from the lion and the leech, we become strong, resilient, brave, confident, joyful people. We understand how much the Lord loves us that He protects and saves us in this manner. This fills us with a sense of quiet assurance and calmness. We become fearless and unperturbed by enemies on both sides of the bronzen wall – external enemies, internal enemies. Every human and indeed, every nation has a fair share of both. Internal enemies rob us of our peace and joy while external enemies threaten our very existence. The Lord makes us a bronzen fenced wall against both internal and external enemies so that we are victorious, peaceful, strong, joyful, fruitful and secure.