The Colosseum in Rome is a gloomy place even in daylight. Daddy, Mother and their six children were vacationing in Italy in December. It was already dark when the Volkswagen van pulled up to the Colosseum. The children piled out and began exploring the ruins, except for three-year-old Evelyn, who was not her usual happy self. She stuck close to Mother, and her wide eyes kept peering into the poorly-lit ruins.
Suddenly she looked up earnestly at Mother and asked, “Do they still throw Christians to the lions here?”
Mother gathered her worried little girl into her arms and assured her that believers in the Lord Jesus were no longer thrown to the lions here in Rome. Still, God’s Word, the Bible, reminds us that our “adversary [one who is against us] the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.” 1 Peter 5:88Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: (1 Peter 5:8). It is good to remember that in many places around the world Christians are still feeling the bite of the roaring lion, the devil. Some are even paying with their lives for confessing that they belong to the Lord Jesus.
ML-12/25/1983