FEATURED M A Y RADIO MESSAGE SCRIPTURAL LESSONS FROM NATURE
learning from the lion
by Walter L. W ilson
One day, the lion was up on the top pedestal when suddenly one of the tig ers jumped on the trainer, pinned him down and mauled him severly. Instant ly Leo sprang upon the tiger and pulled him away from his murderous effort, thus freeing the trainer. You see, the lion had power and strength, which, in the absence of fear, caiused him not to turn away from any. In the Revelation we read, “. . . the Lion of the tribe of Juda, . . . hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.” Why is the Lord Jesus compared to a lion? First, partly because of His power, His bravery, and overwhelming desire to protect His own. If the Lord Jesus, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, is yours, He is able to protect you from Satan, and from the world and the flesh, and to keep you for Himself until that day when we shall be with Him in glory. He is able to protect you from those who would like to destroy you. If you will watch a lion, you will see that he is beautiful in his actions and ways. Do you remember the story of Gad? In I Chron. 12:8 we read that the Gadites: “. . . whose faces were like the faces of lions . . .” What meaning lies here? Well, when you look into the face of a lion, you will find that his face does not betray his emotions or feelings — his face is expressionless. (continued on next page) 11
Q. Since we have the good fortune to read after Dr. Wilson in these studies, we shall ask that you open your Bible again at the 30th chapter of the Prov erbs, w ith an area of study covering verses 29, 30, and 31. A. We shall follow the reading of the Word as each teaching falls open to us: “There be three things which go well, yea four are comely . . And here is what verse 30 says, “A lion,” and that is the first one, “which is strongest among beasts and tumeth not away for any.” Well, now, just what lesson flows into our life from the lion? First, we find it to be the supremacy of strength. The lion is the strongest among the animals therefore, everything is afraid of a lion ■— this highlights the power of control in our thinking. A major circus of earlier years had a very gifted and skilled man as its lion trainer. I knew him and enjoyed his work with his animals, especially with the thrilling act which he gave with his lion, Leo, which was the one into whose mouth the trainer used to put his head. The crowds sat trans fixed at such daring, the while not knowing that he had a bar of hard rubber which he slipped into the mouth of the lion so that he could not close his jaws together, and this guaranteed safety to the trainer.
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