How would you like to spend a night in a lion’s bedroom?
“I wouldn’t!” would probably be your answer, but that is just what happened to Jack many years ago. While in the Army, he was sent to Africa where this frightening situation took place.
One night when he was out with a group of other soldiers in the jungle, he somehow got separated from them. After some time, he realized he was lost! He was very tired, so he looked for a safe place to sleep until morning when he hoped he could find his way back to the others.
As he made his way down the dirt path, he noticed a cave. Thinking this would be a good place to rest for the night, he decided to go in and get some sleep.
He had not been sleeping long when he suddenly woke up. He wondered what had wakened him, and then he heard the roar of a lion not far from the cave entrance. Fear gripped him! How could he get away? Would the lion smell him and come into the cave?
He did not have long to wonder because, to his horror, he saw a big, shadowy shape block the cave entrance, and he knew the lion had discovered him. All he could think to do was to lie still and pretend to be asleep. The lion came over to him and sniffed him all over, then lay down beside him and went to sleep!
Jack remembered that David, the king of Israel, had been delivered out of the paw of a lion. And so lying there on the sandy floor of the cave with the lion beside him, he silently cried to God to save him, as He had saved David.
Before long, the lion was in a deep sleep and breathing heavily. Still praying, Jack crept softly from the cave. After going a safe distance, he climbed a tree and stayed there until morning.
In daylight, he soon found his way back to the other soldiers. What an amazing story he had to tell them! God had certainly answered his prayer and delivered him from the lion!
ML-01/15/2017