I believe the answer is: Consciousness
Consciousness allow you to analyze the internal capabilities that you have and the factors that influence the situation around you.
By knowing this information, you have the capability to identify the next decision/course of action that would benefit you the most.
You have to the what instructions say and observe the ice melting into water
The Lion is an Evangelist sign of the power of the Evangelical messages, spiritual elevation, majesty and power, along with wisdom and intelligence (the winged lion is usually depicted with a book or bible), and as a messenger of God as described in the verse of The Apocalypse of St. John 4:7
