The Roar of Two Lions

While you often read of the contrast in God and Satan, you don't often read of any comarison.  The Lord and The Liar are so far removed as to be polar opposites with nothing in agreemment.  Nonetheless, there is at least one instance in which they are compared: Both are referred to has lions.  But there is where the comparison ends.

Satan's roar is made in his effort to catch and destroy: "Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour" (1 Pet 5:8).  His roar is like that of a lion who is about to pounce, his roar is meant to paralyze, causing the intended prey to freeze in its tracks, making it an easy mark.

God, however, roars not with destructtion but with deliverance in mind.  He roars not  to capture his pray but to call his people, warning them of coming destruction that he might provide for them: "They will follow the Lord; he will roar like a lion. When he roars, his children will come trembling from the west. They will come from Egypt, trembling like sparrows, from Assyria, fluttering like doves. I will settle them in their homes" (Hos 11:10-11).

Satan has only one aim: To reduce us to ashes.  God, conversely, seeks to save us fromt judgment and rise us up out of the ashes.  Therefore do not fear Satan's roaring, do not become paralyzed in inactivity when threats to your survival arrrive  Instead, listen for God's call, his roar from on high, calliing us to Glory, warning us of Satans traps.  Jus' Say'n.