Roaring at Midnight.

The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion. Proverbs 28:1

This is my new theme verse for life. To have boldness as a lion… I decided to do a little studying on these fearless cats.

Grace and power! That is a lion, yet they too are called the King of Beasts! They fear no other beasts and they walk with confidence, security and boldness!

The lion hath roared, who will not fear? The Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy? Amos 3:8

There are three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going: A lion which is the strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;” Proverbs 30:29&30

The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as the lion. Proverbs 28:1

Wicked do have a stupid boldness when seeking out their evil doings and sins. They put their freedom, life and eternity on the line. It is a wreckless kind of boldness.

A lion’s roar can be heard by humans up to over 5 miles away!

I thought to myself, we are the lion at times in the sense of being the killer of the prey, (Satan.) We pray and warn our prey we are fixing to attack and kill! I then thought that Satan is like a lion too. He roars and warns us from far off distances, but we are too ignorant to hear his warning that he is coming, so we keep living our life just how we want to, unprepared to fight. Soon, we are killed spiritually and often times physically.

I want to be prepared at all times.

Lions will kill prey at any time, but it is said that they typically save their larger prey to kill at night. I have been praying at midnight as a few people know. I have shared with a few people close to me all that God is doing through my prayer time. Not only am I drawing strength from Him in my personal walk, but also I am going before some of my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ on their behalf by interceding. I know He is hearing my cry. I have been praying specifically for several situations and just this week nearly a fifth of them are coming to pass. He is healing the sick and restoring people’s lives and putting pieces back together. 

Mostly, He is strengthening my faith! That is the most amazing feeling.

Raylea, my little 15 month of daughter, is a handful. Which I’m pretty sure, all kids her age are. She isn’t a bad handful like some kiddos are, but she is an energetic little time bomb who loves to burst out in excitement often! That is one of many characteristics she has that my friends and family love about her. She isn’t shy or quiet! That being said, I have little to no time during the day to sit and seek and pray. I long for time with my Best Friend. Like I said before, the book I am reading about prayer has completely changed my life, literally. I usually go to bed at 9 or 10pm. Ya, I get that from my early riser parents… As soon as she is out at night, so am I. But, ever since I aloud God to change my schedule, I have been staying up until midnight and then praying through as the day ends and another begins. Suprisingly enough, I have had more energy now with getting around seven hours of sleep vs. the old nine to ten hours.

I rebuke Satan. Over and over and over. 

If you have asked me recently to pray over a situation, I am at midnight. Or even if you haven't asked me, but I see the need to pray, I am. I am going to the Lord and begging Him for His will to be done and that I would keep sin totally away from me and out of my life and telling Him I want nothing but Him, His goodness, and His holiness. 

Sin builds a wedge between us and God. 

It totally fogs up our glasses to see this big world clearly. It is like dog poop in brownies… a very wise woman once said! The brownies may look oh-so-delicious and the baker may say, “You can eat every bit of it- it only has a little bit of dog poop in it, but just a little! Enjoy!” Well, that is like our lives before the Lord. Are we going to offer Him awesome, chocolate brownies or are we going to have sin, (the dog poo,) in it and offer it to him? A little bit of bad makes it all bad. 

I know we can’t be perfect, I’m not saying that, ever. But, but, BUT… if we truly love the Lord and care about being a good witness for Him and not hurting His name then we won’t watch movies the world does, we won’t listen to music that doesn’t glorify His name and we won’t gossip about others and be unforgiving… especially if you want to be forgiven, you better forgive others!

It is simple. If you love Him, you will get junk out of your life.

 I never want you to think you aren’t good enough. You are. You have to work out your own salvation with trembling and fear! I am far from perfect, but I do tell you this, I try daily to not hurt God’s name and to be a Christ-like follower. That’s what I want on my tombstone if the Lord tarries, that I was a Christ-like follower of Christ! That actually says a lot in those few words. I don’t care about money, fame or popularity or having others approval on my life. I want God’s approval. That’s it.

And you should too.

Maybe praying at midnight isn’t for you. But, maybe it is. Maybe getting up an hour earlier than normal is for you… A few people have felt led to pray at midnight with me and I feel strength knowing people- even in different states, are up rebuking Satan at the same moment that I am! I encourage you that if you don’t have a set time to pray and to get alone with the Lord, then make midnight your time and I will pray with you and for you! It has really changed my life and I am probably always going to do it.

Be a lion. Warn the devil he is going to lose in your marriage. He is going to lose your son. He is going to lose your daughter. He is going to lose your strong holds. He is going to lose your daughter-in-laws. He is going to lose your son-in-laws. He is going to lose it all. Roar loudly and let him know he is about done for.

I am roaring for you when you can’t roar for yourself. I thank those who roar for me when my voice is gone.

 Iron sharpens iron and I know my godly friends sharpen me!

Roar, little child of God. He gave you big, big lungs.

Be bold.