This picture tells its own story pretty clearly. It is enough to make one shudder to see those great eager eyes, and that savage face, and that immense mouth of the lion; and then to notice the thoughtlessness, and fancied security of the innocent little deer.
Soon he will spring upon them and dour them. Poor things!
Ah, well! such things are happening all over the country, everywhere, and it is sad enough.
“What?” you may say, “you do not mean that there are any lions in our neighborhood? It is all safe and quiet, and I am not afraid to run around anywhere.”
This is exactly the way with these little animals; they do not see the enemy either, and yet there he is. If they were to see him, they would bound away in a moment, before he could catch them.
“BE SOBER, BE VIGILANT; BAUSE YOUR ADVERSARY THE DEVIL, AS A ROARING LION, WALKETH ABOUT, SEEKING WHOM HE MAY DEVOUR.”
Remember, he already has those who are not Christ’s; he is their prince; they are led by his will.
Satan is conquered by two things (see Revelation 12:1111And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. (Revelation 12:11)), the blood of Christ, and the Word of God. First of all if you are resting on the blood of Christ alone, there is safety. Stand to that, for Satan will want to tell you that you are not saved.
ML 11/29/1931