THE
ROARING LION {Part 1}
If there was ever a time when Satan’s roaring could be heard it
is in our present day. Everywhere you turn, no matter what you read or what
position you hold in life, Satan’s roaring is loud and convincing to the human
heart. Even God’s people, who know the voice of God, can often be found
cowering in fear at the intimidating roar of Satan.
Which of us has not
heard the roar of Satan’s voice?
1 Peter 5:8, "Be sober, be vigilant;
because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking
whom he may devour:"
I would dare say that every one of us has heard his roar this
very week.
Perhaps even right now you are hearing his roar in your ear, in
your mind and in your heart. His roar strikes terror and fear into the ear that
will hear him, into the mind that will meditate upon that roar and into the
heart that allows his roaring to take root.
Just what am I saying? In the simplest terms I know, Satan’s
greatest weapon that he uses to convince mankind to do his will is the roar of
his voice! The noise of his roar is always a sound that appeals to the nature
of man who desires to do evil. Satan never ceases to roar – to scream in your
ear, in every attempt to drown out the sound of the voice of God, or to make
the wooing of the Holy Spirit go unnoticed in the heart of every man.
Ø Satan roars in the workplace!
Ø He roars in the marketplace!
Ø He roars in your own home!
Ø He roars in your ear as you drive down the highway!
Ø He roars in your ear in the doctor’s office!
Ø He roars in your ear even as you sit in the church!
He never quits roaring!
Most people don’t
even realize what his roar is all about. They don’t hear anything! I don’t hear
any lion right now!
WHEN THIS MESSAGE IS OVER I BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL BEGIN
TO SEE THAT SATAN NEVER QUITS ROARING AND THAT YOU HEAR HIM ALL THE TIME, YOU
JUST DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS HIM.
How does Satan roar
in your workplace?
He roars when you catch wind of the latest gossip about a layoff
that is coming. He roars when you hear of cutbacks, downsizing and reductions
in force. He roars when you hear of buy-outs, changes in administration and a
myriad of other ways. It’s not the news of these things that is so bad, but it
is the roar of Satan in your ear that says that all of these things will affect
you negatively.
Illustration Story:
On the job where I
work, there is a never-ending flow of gossip. It’s so easy to start that it is
just unbelievable. Not long ago I was joking with one of my fellow workers
about a situation on our job. I made a simple statement that there would likely
be more lay-offs before the summer ended. Little did I know how quickly he
would key in on what I said? Within a few minutes he went into a rage as fear
struck his heart that he would be among those who would be fired. He became so
angry that he was going to the General Superintendent to tell him off. Now
that’s the way to really get fired! I had to quickly tell him that it wasn’t true
lest he ran off and got both of us into trouble. We both laughed about it and
it was soon forgotten - or was it? That man was gone from that job within a few
months. He retired early! I often wonder if my words that day had enough impact
upon him to help him make the decision to bail out while he could. The lay-offs
never came, but he was gone just the same.
I learned that day that you cannot “joke” with a lot of people
for they are too susceptible to the “roaring lion”. Satan has them so “gun shy”
(to use a hunter’s terminology), or so frightened that the least little thing
will send them into a panic.
Notice one thing! When Satan is roaring, he can’t be biting! The
scripture doesn’t say that Satan goes around biting, ripping and tearing his
victims to pieces. He doesn’t have to. His roar is all that he needs! We will
rip our own lives to pieces, tear our own faith apart, and allow the bite of
sin to destroy our soul just because we listen to his roar.
What does the roar of the lion do? There a several things that
it does. His roar warns everyone around that the “King of the Jungle” is
speaking. His roar is meant to strike fear into his enemies that he is hungry
and after them. His roar is also meant to scare away anyone who comes to
interfere with him as he devours the prey that he has already killed. His roar
is simply meant to strike fear and terror in the heart of every other creature
that hears him.
That’s just what the roaring voice of Satan does. He roared in
the ear of that man on the job to strike fear into his heart of being let go.
Satan’s roar in that man’s ear screamed loudly that his family would starve,
that he would lose everything that he had worked for all those years, even his
retirement. Satan’s roaring shook that man’s faith to the core and sent him
running in fear from the voice of the lion in his heart. This was supposed to
be a Christian who trusted in the Lord and who had faith in God, yet Satan’s
voice overpowered the still, small voice of the Lord in his heart.
I wonder if Satan’s roaring is going to cause that man to lose
his very soul because his fear and doubt.
How does Satan roar
in the marketplace?
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see how the roaring of
Satan works in our economy. Just take a look at the stock markets and you can
see what his roaring does. In the stock market, prices rise and fall very
quickly as the buyers and sellers react to good news and, especially, to bad
news. If the news is good the prices will rise cautiously because they are
always prepared to bail out and sell at the first hint of bad news. When the
bad news comes the market drops dramatically because the buyers and sellers are
running like rats off of a sinking ship. What is the root cause of all this
turmoil in the markets?
It’s the voice of the roaring lion! The world news grows increasingly worse as we draw nearer to
the time of the coming of the Lord, just as the Bible said that it would. Very
short moments of peace and tranquility are shattered by long periods of wars,
rumors of wars and threats to world peace. We cry peace and safety but there is
no peace and safety in this world. We are on the very brink of destruction and
there is no denying of that fact.
In this climate of fear and terror it isn’t hard for the roaring
of Satan to have its desired effect upon the hearts of men. We expect the worst
and that’s just what we often get.
He strikes fear into the heart of men who drown those fears in
alcohol, drugs and immorality. Live it up while you can because tomorrow may
never come. Do we have things backwards or not? If there is going to be no
tomorrow, doesn’t it make better sense to make things right with God than to
dive deeper into sin? But that’s the power of the roaring lion’s voice. He deceives and strikes terror into the
heart of man and uses it as a goal to drive the sinful nature of man into the
pits of hell.
How does the roaring
lion operate in your home?
Which of us, even as Christians, has not had the devil scream in
our ears that our children would be lost;
that your marriage would be wrecked;
or that your family would be devastated by some dreadful accident?
We certainly give him plenty of access to our homes through the movies we watch, the books we read and through the immorality that is portrayed on the
Internet.
To Be Concluded Tomorrow
Sermon shared by
James May
Prayer Points
1. Voices of darkness, speaking against my destiny, die! In the
name of Jesus.
2. Every evil snare prepared for me and my family; Catch your owner
in the name of Jesus.
3. Let the silent operation of Satan in my life .scatter in the
name of Jesus.
4. Let the progress of the enemy in my life; be frustrated in the
name of Jesus.
5. Lion of Judah roar and swallow every confidence of the enemy in
my life, in the name of Jesus.
Declare these Confessions to
yourself:
6. I shall not be used as Sacrifice; my family shall not be used as
sacrificed my the power in the power of Jesus.
7. I laminated my life and my family with the blood of Jesus.
8. Throughout the year, People shall not have a cause to say to me;
Sorry! In the name of Jesus.
9. This year, my God shall arise and make me a mysterious wonder in
the name of Jesus.
10.
This year, what others call a
problem, shall become promotion for me in the name of Jesus.
Seven Fold Amen with Faith!!!
Amen! Amen!
Amen! Amen! Amen! Amen! Amen!
2015 is your Year of multiple restoration and
unparalleled Favor in the name of Jesus
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IF THE ENEMY HAS STOLEN FROM YOU;
RECOVERY IS BY FORCE.
STOP THEM BEFORE THEY STOP YOU,
GOD BLESS YOU.
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