a lion, mighty among beasts,
who retreats before nothing… — Proverbs 30:30
We live in turbulent times. We all feel it. It seems that uncertainty and instability has become the norm. More than ever, we need to remember that God is on the throne. He was on the throne before our current problems arose, and He’ll be there when they fade into history.
Throughout the Bible, the lion is both a symbol of God (Amos 3:8) and of the kingdom of David (Genesis 49:9). That’s why today the lion is also the symbol of Jerusalem, the seat of David’s kingdom and the site of God’s Holy Temple.
One of the notable characteristics of the lion that makes it different from most other large cats is that the lion does not live a solitary life. It stays with its pride, its family, to protect it from attack.
So even as God’s people continue to be threatened, put your trust our Father in heaven who protects us. And like the lion, we will never retreat in fear.
