Like a Lion

There are three things that are stately in their stride, four that move with stately bearing: a lion, mighty among beasts, who retreats before nothing; a strutting rooster, a he-goat, and a king with his army around him. Prov. 30:29-31

A lion is an animal of great strength. But I had not before considered his courage. Yet here is an encouragement to be like the lion, not turning back from something that looks too hard. Nothing can make a lion turn back. Matthew Henry says it like this; "The lion turns not away, nor alters his pace, for fear of any pursuers, since he knows he is too hard for them." We are to be as bold as this lion; no duty God calls us to is meant to be shyed away from. Difficulties are not meant to be an excuse to do something easier. "Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds..." James 1:2