How to be Bold as a Lion
At one time in my spiritual quest I read the Bible right through in one year -- three and a half chapters each day. I read over many great verses that I am now discovering with joy and enthusiasm. I received a letter one day from Canada, and instead of using postage stamps, the postage had been paid by the imprint of a franking machine or postage meter. Alongside the imprint was this slogan in bright red letters: "The righteous are bold as a lion -- Proverbs 28:1." This was the first time I had taken notice of this verse from God's Word. I want to share some of its greatness with you.
"The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion" (Proverbs 28:1 KJV). Isn't that tremendous? Proverbs is a great book on the renewing of our minds in our daily walk. This particular verse holds a real blessing when we understand its truth.
"The wicked flee when no man pursueth..." When you know you have done wrong, you think everybody else knows it too. God had said that if His people strayed from His Word, they would have this condition of fear in their midst. In Leviticus 26:36 God said, "...the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth." Just the crackle of a dry leaf in the woods would start them running, falling upon one another in their haste to get away.
The wicked flee, but what about the righteous? "The righteous are bold as a lion." We need more lion-like believers with boldness in evidence. The boldness of a lion is here compared with a believer. ... What is there about a lion that we should see in our lives as righteous people? Surely not the growl or the roar of a lion. A lot of believers think that noise is a sign of power; I was once one of them. "If we are going to have a good service, let's have a noisy one." Power will produce some noise, so we should not be as quiet as a cemetery; we do not want frost in the pulpit and icicles in the pews! But where there is power under control, the noise will be minimal, as every car owner should know.
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