Lions

"For after years of living in a cage, a lion no longer even believes it is a lion...and a man no longer believes he is a man." John Eldredge

Remember the story about the lion that got out of its enclosure. There was some question if the wall was high enough. I remember a difference if the lion had been born in a zoo or out in the wild. If I remember correctly a wild lion can jump higher and farther than a captive lion.

John is talking about a lion at his local zoo that lives in a "small enclosure". The lion has its meals delivered though a little door. The life this lion lives is in such contrast to a lion living in the wild. The captive lion doesn't hunt. He doesn't run. He sits and is given everything. Everything is in half-measures. Instead of running for as long as he can, the lion gets to walk in a 20 foot square. He gets his daily pound of meat instead of feeling the thrill of the hunt. The sad thing is he doesn't know what he is missing.

We can be too much like the lion born in the zoo. We not only accept the half-measures, but we can't believe it could be any better. Satan has had us in a small cage for so long we done understand what it means to be a Child of God.

We take out half-measure of hope and we are grateful. We take our half-measure of faith and call it good. We take our half-measure of life and are satisfied.

Crazy are the people who want more or strive for a full portion of life.

Satan doesn't have to raise up a "Hitler". He just needs us to accept a half-measure.