05/22/2026
There have been many ups and downs in the last few weeks.
Moments where Iโve had to choose faith over fear.
Moments where Iโve watched the enemy try to attack my sister and kill her, which affected her life, affected my life, affected my businessโฆ and when your life and business are connected to helping people, those attacks ripple outward.
And yet through it all, God has been giving me peace.
Not because everything has been easy.
Not because there havenโt been moments.
But because the enemy did not win.
She is still here.
This morning while praying, I was asking the Lord to recover what the enemy has stolenโฆ every piece of it for both of us.
As I prayed, I opened my eyes and looked at the picture hanging on my wall of a lion and a lamb.
And suddenly I felt like the face of the lion began to shineโฆ almost as if it was coming off the wall.
And I heard the Lord say:
โThe enemy roars around like a lion seeking whom and what he may devourโฆ but I AM the Lion. And you will see Me roar over what the enemy has done.โ
The weight of that hit me deeply amd made me cry.
Because in Scripture, Satan is described as one who prowls around LIKE a roaring lion.
LIKE a lion.
He imitates authority.
He uses intimidation.
Fear.
Chaos.
Pressure.
Discouragement.
Exhaustion.
Confusion.
Threats.
He wants people to believe he has more power than he actually does.
But Jesus is not LIKE a lion.
He IS the Lion.
The Lion of Judah.
And I felt the Lord reminding me:
โI heard every prayer.
I saw every tear.
I know exactly what the enemy tried to do.
I know exactly what was stolen.
And I know exactly what I will do as I roar.โ
Then I heard:
โWatch the enemy cower in fear when I roar.โ
That wrecked me.
Because I realized the Lord was shifting my focus from the roar of intimidationโฆ to the roar of dominion.
Some of you reading this have been hearing the roar of warfare for far too long.
The roar of fear.
The roar of anxiety.
The roar of sickness.
The roar of loss.
The roar of financial pressure.
The roar of exhaustion.
The roar of depression.
The roar of confusion.
The roar of relational attacks.
The roar of discouragement.
But I believe God wants to remind His people today:
The enemy may roarโฆ
but he is not THE Lion.
And when God roars:
Darkness scatters.
Chains break.
Fear bows.
Heaven responds.
Justice awakens.
Restoration begins.
The beautiful thing about the picture on my wall was that it wasnโt just a lionโฆ
it was a lion and a lamb.
Because Jesus is still the Lamb:
Tender.
Merciful.
Compassionate.
Close to the brokenhearted.
But in this season, I believe many of us are encountering Him as Lion because we need to remember that He is not passive concerning what the enemy has done.
He is not overlooking it.
He is not intimidated by it.
He is not absent in the middle of it.
He is arising over it.
And honestly, the supernatural peace Iโve had in the middle of this storm has been one of the biggest confirmations that God is with me. Because peace in the middle of warfare is often evidence of Godโs governing presence.
The enemy wanted panic.
But heaven established peace instead.
And then I heard the lyric from the song โLionโ by Brandon Lake rise up in my spirit:
โLet the Lion roar.โ I said it out loud in confirmation of what I heard and in agreement.
And I realizedโฆ
this is not the season for striving.
This is not the season for carrying everything in our own strength.
This is not the season for partnering with fear.
This is the season to let God arise in His authority.
To let heaven answer.
To let fear bow.
To let intimidation break.
To let restoration come.
To let the Lion roar.
The enemy did not get the final word.
And he will not get the final word over your life either.
