The Word of God is like a lion. You don't have to defend a lion. All you have to do is let the lion loose, and the lion will defend itself.
Interpretation
The truth of God's Word is powerful and does not require human defense; it can stand on its own.
This quote by Charles Spurgeon uses the metaphor of a lion to illustrate the inherent strength and power of the Word of God. Just as a lion does not need defending because of its own power, the message of God is robust enough to prove its truth, and believers do not need to forcefully defend it. Instead, they should share it, trusting that its inherent truth will resonate and protect itself against challenges.
In practice
In a sermon about faith and scripture, one might reference this quote to emphasize the power of the Bible.
Amusement should be used to do us good “like a medicine”: it must never be used as the food of the man...Many have had all holy thoughts and gracious resolutions stamped out by perpetual trifling. Pleasure so called is the murderer of thought. This is the age of excessive amusement: everybody craves for it, like a babe for its rattle.
When you see no present advantage, walk by faith and not by sight. Do God the honor to trust Him when it comes to matters of loss for the sake of principle.
It is far easier to fight with sin in public than to pray against it in private.
You will never glory in God till first of all God has killed your glorying in yourself.
After faith comes repentance, or, rather, repentance is faith's twin brother and is born at the same time.
["All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant."] The original Hebrew word that has been translated "paths" means "well-worn roads' or "wheel tracks," such ruts as wagons make when they go down our green roads in wet weather and sink in up to the axles. God's ways are at times like heavy wagon tracks that cut deep into our souls, yet all of them are merciful.
I've known for years that resentments don't hurt the person we resent, but they do hurt us.
All things to do with drag are inherently therapeutic because the realization of your own insanity is the beginning of sanity.
We're constantly making choices about the way we spend our time. The issue is not between the good and the bad, but between the good and the best. So often, the enemy of the best is the good.
Great ideas come from everywhere if you just listen and look for them. You never know who's going to have a great idea.
The greatest barrier to own own healing is not the pain, sorrow or violence inflicted upon us as children. Our greatest hindrance is our ongoing capacity to judge, to criticize, and to bring tremendous harm to ourselves. If we can harden our heart against ourselves and meet our most tender feelings with anger and condemnation, we simultaneously armor our heart against the possibility of gentleness, love and healing.
People have a right to their own opinions, but not to their own facts. Evidence must be located, not created, and opinions not backed by evidence cannot be given much weight.
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