Chasing Lions

This summer while on vacation I had the chance to read a book entitled “In A Pit With A Lion On A Snowy Day” by Mark Batterson.  This book is centered around a story in the Bible of Benaiah, who was David’s chief bodyguard (that’s right a guy who killed a giant with a rock had a bodyguard).  Benaiah was a very brave soldier who’s stories followed him where ever he went.  Benaiah once followed a lion into a pit on a snowy day and killed a lion(2 Chronicles 11:22-23), hence the title of the book.  In this book we are challenged to chase our lion no matter what that may be.  Whatever God has called you to, go after it, or to quote the great shoe company Nike “Just Do It”.  God has not called us to be ordinary, think about it we believe and follow a being who you cannot see, hear, touch, etc. , that’s not normal.  So we shouldn’t be normal, and neither should the vision for our lives.  In fact, if someone hasn’t laughed at your vision lately or if your vision doesn’t scare the heck out of you then you are probably not chasing any lions.  As we have been challenged lately, that if God doesn’t show up we will fall flat on our face, what lion do you need to chase.  Proverbs 22:11 says, “The lazy person claims, ‘There’s a lion out there!  If I go outside I might be killed!’”(NLT).  Don’t let the roar of a lion scare you go after him, God protected Daniel against the lions and He will protect you too.  Let’s chase our lion until we catch him and devour him. 

Mickey