Faces of Lions

I Chronicles 12:8 - "From the Gadites there came over to David in the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for war, who could handle shield and spear, and whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as the gazelles on the mountains."

When we face our everyday battles, do we have "faces like lions?" Have we allowed the Lord to train us for battle, taking up the armor of our God against the enemy? If we are spiritual Gadites, then our hearts no longer melt like wax in the face of trouble. We have learned that the battle is not ours, but the Lord's.

Father, I pray over every one who would receive this short prayer. Make them lions that tear their prey. Give them an uncompromised perspective over the things which would assail them. Allow them the courage to roar mightily, causing their circumstances to bow the knee to God within them. May they command sickness, anxiety, fear, and any other foul thing to come under the rule of God. In Jesus' Name, the Lion of Judah ... Amen!