Faith Seeds: Prayers and Poetry

Lions

Did the lions wonder

at the unexpected

meal: a man size

serving.

What desires burned

before the light

flooded through their

den blinding

searing, closing

their mouths.

Messenger changed intent.

Instead now stood

with Daniel as

witness.

God only sovereign worship.

Faith Seeds: Prayers and Poetry

Reflection Questions

            Jesus’ promise to us is found in Matthew 11: 25-30

1.     Which fact that Jesus states gives you confidence right now to face your lions?

2.     Name your lions? How can you pray Jesus’ words in this passage towards them?

3.     Have they been blurring your sight from seeing the Lord clearly? How?

4.     Are you honest with others re the weariness of your soul and willing to ask for prayer?

Share: How has the Lord taken a heavy yoke for you and turned it to light?

Faith Seeds: Prayers and Poetry

Daniel 6:22, “My God sent his angel and shut the lions’ mouths so that they would not hurt me, because I was found blameless before him; and also before you, O king, I have done no wrong.”

What lion mouths are you facing right now? Bills? Medical results? Broken relationships? Fatigue? Confusion? Priorities?

Faith for Daniel meant an angel shutting the mouths of lions.

However he did not know that outcome beforehand. His situation came about due to envy and a desire for power by his opponents. When the decree was signed Daniel then went into his room to continue to pray giving thanks to God, “as he had been doing previously”, and that is where they arrested him.

He didn’t allow his outer circumstances to change his heart or his actions towards the Lord. He didn’t’ wait to know what the outcome would be before trusting. He didn’t go through numbing fear before turning back to God. He stayed the course

he already knew through his relationship.

We often wish we could say the same for ourselves, but even when we don’t deny our trust in God, often we see the lions before us and let them wear us to the bone before we call for God’s strength to sustain us.

We too can claim to be blameless before our accusers—not on our merit like Daniel—but on Jesus’ grace He has claimed for us. His word, “Come to Me all who are weary and heavy-laden and I will give you rest….and you shall find rest for your souls.”

Lord, please strengthen our souls to be in communion with You so that we will not be tossed and turned by our own false desires, or the desires of others, but grounded in a heart of integrity with You.

Psalm of Worship: Psalm 7: 1-2

“O Lord my God, in Thee I have taken refuge;

Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,

Lest he tear my soul like a lion,

Dragging me away, while there is none to deliver.”