“Benaiah the son of Jehoiada… went down and killed a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.” 1 Chronicles 11:22 (NKJV) There is a story in Scripture that refuses to let us make excuses. His name was Benaiah, one of David’s mighty men. The Bible says he fought two lion-like warriors from Moab, but that is not the moment that grabs my heart. The moment that preaches is this one. He went down into a pit and killed a lion on a snowy day. Everything about that scene was stacked against him. I...