UV 3119/10000 The Alpha of the Lion Leader
Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
Numbers 23 v 24
The people of God have the strength of a wild ox as their faith in Jehovah who has led them with great miracles and an outstretched arm gives them both courage and joy. Courage and joy on the emotional and spiritual plane are the equivalent of our physical muscles. The more we work on our courage and the more we work up our joy in the Lord or our sense of rejoicing that we are saved by the hand of the Lord, saved by the blood of the Lamb, saved from the captivity of “Egypt” – a metaphor for death and misery, the greater is our strength. We will rise like Jesus rose from death. Even in death, Jesus was imprisoned with a boulder at the mouth of the cave of the grave, the Roman seal on the huge boulder and a Roman strong guard in front of the cave. But, like a Lion, He brushed aside all of these, folded the shroud that covered Him for three days and rose to rule over the universe again, to head the church, the body of true believers through the generations to come.
When the Holy Spirit came upon the fearful disciples hiding in Jerusalem, they became fearless as lions. From fearful, reluctant, disobedient followers, they became transformed into leaders- lion leaders. Likewise, as we are filled with the Holy Spirit, the equivalent of the strength of Samson fills our whole being. The enemy cannot prey on our minds with worthless thoughts or emotions or motives. When we pray, the enemy hears the roar of the Lord and he scurries for cover. Like Samson, on account of the unlimited spiritual power and courage that fills us, we can with our bare hands, break his jaws and cause something good to rise out of every plot and attack he plans against us. As we pray, the enemy cannot prey on us. He is afraid of our silence, our roar and our words. The Lion Leader goes for the jugular, for the kill as he deals with evil in this manner.
A wild honey bee hive grew within the carcass of the lion that Samson slew. Likewise, the promises of the Lord contained in His word are tastier than wild honey. Every time we squeeze the word in our mouth like a dripping hive, power, strength, grace and everything we need to be victorious in our lives begin to flow in us. No weapon can rise against us, no tongue can condemn or curse or judge us. We are lion leaders, led by the ultimate Lion Leader- the Risen Christ. He was led to death as a lamb but He rose as a lion. We belong to the same brood and breed. We share His DNA or divine nature. The last part of the uni-verse is also symbolically true for believers of Christ drink of the blood of the slain Christ. Pussilanimous leaders pass on the blame for failure to others while the greatest Lion Leader of all took the flak for all humanity upon His shoulders. Therefore, the government of the world should rest on His shoulders for He alone proved by His deeds and His word that He alone is capable of leading all of humanity back to God.
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