Refuse To Be Intimidated!

Refuse To Be Intimidated! By Bishop David Abioye (Living Faith Church AkA Winners Chapel Abuja)

"Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him. And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand..." (Judges 14:5-6). Samson was going on a journey when a lion roared at him. Rather then turn back, he killed the lion and continued his journey. At every instance of your journey in life, satan will attempt to scare you and make you turn back from getting to your goal. He will come roaring like a lion, wanting to intimidate you, but the Bible says in proverbs 22:13, "The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets." That is what keeps some people rooted to one spot in life -- intimidation; the fear of the unknown. While their colleagues are aiming high and doing great exploits, they keep living at their mercy, begging for bread and water because they would not dare anything.

At another time, at Lehi, the philistines shouted against Samson, this time attempting to intimidate and weaken him. But the Spirit of the Lord came upon him and he slew one thousand of them with the fresh jaw bone of an ass. Maybe that is the same way people have been mocking and castigating you, all you need to prove them wrong is a heart of courage, a heart of confidence and boldness to pursue and possess all your possessions.

Look, you don't need one million naira to start building a house, what you need is courage. Maybe you have been trying to start a business and satan has been intimidating you, telling you that you can't make it except you get some huge capital. That is a lie! The first capital you need is courage; you need a heart that is determined to do it. Start from somewhere because as long as you remain waiting on that spot, you will keep wasting. Be courageous, start confronting your oppositions, move towards your fear and you will discover that what you fear can become meat for you.

When the lion roared against Samson, he didn't withdraw, he went against it and slew it. So, when issues of life threaten you, go against them. The spirit of courage is the spirit that dares what others don't move close to, it is the spirit of possibility, the spirit that makes things work irrespective of who or what is standing on the way. It is the spirit that despises the helps of men in order to ride on the wings of God's help.

When the lion came against Samson, he never call for help from his father or mother even though they were nearby, he killed the lion by the help of God. Look, if you don't have personal conflicts, you can never have personal testimonies. Stop hiding under relations and human connections, step out and face that lion that is roaring at you! For your information, the help of God is available only for those who take steps. It is only when you step out that you will discover you have what it takes to kill the lion that has been scaring and intimidating you.

Meditate on these: Exodus 14:15-16, Isaiah 41:13