In a
powerpoint presentation about the book Revelation for both adults and children,
I used a picture of a painting of Daniel in the lion’s den painted by Briton
Riviére, purely because it appealed to me - it is a beautiful picture
of Daniel’s answer to the king.
Looking at
it again the other day, I realized two things:
that Daniel is depicted as standing with his back to the lions number
one, and secondly that there are seven lions, one for each day of the week!
By not
facing those lions, Daniel is conveying the fact that he trusts God completely,
he really believed that God had shut their mouths and that they could not hurt
him in any possible way. He is physically portraying 1 John 4:4 which says
that greater is He Who lives in us than he who is in the world!
The fact
that there is a lion for every day of the week should not surprise us, as 1
Pet 5:8 warns us that the devil roams around like a lion roaring, seeking
someone to seize upon and devour. We
are very often spending our lives in a lion’s den!
Let this
painting inspire us – what are the lions in your life? Is it worry, or doubt, hopelessness,
addiction, illness, financial problems or insecurity about the future? Are you facing them, seeing their fiery
eyes and huge teeth and great big claws, letting fear grow inside you because
you really don’t see any way out? Do you
know the Heavenly Tamer of Lions, the One Who can be trusted to rescue you out
of totally impossible-looking situations?
If He can be trusted to also keep Daniel’s friends from harm in a fiery
furnace, think what He can do for you!
13 December
2021
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