All of life’s roads are infested with lions. The road we call “Lovers’ Lane” is no exception. Samson was going down to Timnath on a courting mission when that young lion roared against him. Even in the attempt to realize love’s dreams, there is always to be found a lion in the path.

None of life’s dreams can be realized without a struggle. There is no path a man can take in which his progress, somewhere along the line, will not be disputed.

Ask the men who have attained success in business, and they will tell you of many lions that roared against them along their way. And they will tell you of hard fights they had to put up to overcome those lions. There is no way by which one can get on and get ahead in the world without meeting and overcoming difficulties.

The same things applies to spiritual progress. One never gets far along the pathway in spiritual life before he hears the roar of the lion; for “our adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour” (I. Peter 5:8).

Here, as in practical life, the path of least resistance is not the path that leads to high attainments and achievements. Ask those who have excelled in spiritual life and service, and they will tell you of many hard battles they had to fight, of many fierce lions they had to conquer.

Go at this life where you will, in market, profession, trade, or religion, you will need always to have your courage with you. It is the common lot of all men that they have to fight against temptations, trials, hindrances, disasters, losses, disappointments. In all directions, life means a battle with lions.

Where others have fought and won, you can! Let the lions roar. Stand your ground, and fight. Conquer those lions.

The lions are too strong for me, you say. You needn’t tell me that—I know. But I know “the Lion of the tribe of Judah” (Rev. 5: 5). And “in Him who strengthens me, I am able for anything” (Phil. 4: 13)—any lion that may roar against me. For any battle you have to fight, you can, if you will, have the strength of the Strong Son of God.