Message:
To celebrate my nation's 58th birthday.
The Lord impressed upon me that I should paint a lion over a live painting "City of Lights" which I did a few months back.

Our nation is known as the Lion City. 
The Lion of Judah watches over our city.
You are lions in the city, so roar and lay claim to your ground. And out of your bellies shall flow rivers of living water which brings life to all around.

Little snippets of revelations as I was conceptualizing this: 
Water flowing out of the lion's mouth reminds me of our national emblem, the Merlion. The Merlion was originally situated at Singapore river with the river's water flowing out of its mouth. It is parallel to how the river of life flows out of believers. 

On the lion's nose is a little dot of red. It was part of the original painting and I didn't feel I should cover it. Our nation is also known as the little red dot - too small to even be seen on the world map. Small but powerful. As believers, we hold inside us great power from on high. You may be small but you are powerful!

Like how in Genesis, the river flows out of Eden, a garden, and in Revelations, it has transformed to become a City.  Likewise, we are to transform culture and be a source of life where we are planted! 

Link to Lion in the City digital printed silk flag