Roaring Lions

I Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
I’ve been thinking about the similarities between the lion and the devil.
1. Lions hunt in the dark
2. Their roar is thought to attract other lions
3. Stalks its prey
4. I’m wondering if the roar would also serve to strike terror into its potential victims. Satan, the first terrorist. Satan seems to like to operate on our fears. Faith drives away fear and defeats the power Satan has over us. That doesn’t mean that Satan will not stalk us if we have faith, it merely means we are protected from attack by our faith.
5. Lions generally hunt in groups and if in this verse, it refers to the devil being a lone lion hunting, he would be seeking a vulnerable prey.
6. The lion is primarily interested in devouring its prey.  How might Satan devour us? To what purpose?
I’ve heard people say that there is no danger from a roaring lion and that the devil may sound like a lion, but he would be a lion with no teeth. I don’t know where they came up with that, but a roaring lion would strike fear into its prey and how long do you think a lion without teeth would last? No, the lion has teeth. We need to stay out of the lion’s territory and not be out playing in the dark, which would tempt an attack.  It is easier for a lion to catch prey that is vulnerable than to spend time and energy going after something that would take work to attack. When we are vulnerable, Satan seems to show up too.