The Dragon Awaits

Scripture:
Revelation 12:1-6 (ESV)

A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. She was pregnant and cried out in pain as she was about to give birth. Then another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red dragon with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on its heads. Its tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that it might devour her child the moment he was born. She gave birth to a son, a male child, who “will rule all the nations with an iron scepter.” And her child was snatched up to God and to his throne. The woman fled into the wilderness to a place prepared for her by God, where she might be taken care of for 1,260 days.

Devotional:

The dragon, or Satan, has done all he could to be God.  He even went as far as to try to thwart Jesus.  From birth to resurrection Satan did all he could.  In this scripture, we have an image of Jesus being born.  The dragon waited in an attempt to devour the baby at birth.  He has tried many different things to stop Jesus.  He used temptation, which Jesus denied him three times.  He used others, the Sadducees and Pharisees to thwart his ministries.  In the Satan tried to conquer Christ with death.  However, Jesus has the victory through His resurrection.  Jesus will reign for eternity.  Satan has lost.  In this case, you are on one of two sides.  Either you are a follower of Jesus and assured a place in heaven, or you are not in which you go to hell.  The choice is yours and yours alone to make.  Just do not take too long to choose.  Because once this life is over it is too late to change your mind.  The decisions here decide where you will spend eternity. 

Have no fear God is always near.  God is always with us if we choose Him.  He will protect us and give us all we need.  Look at Israel.  For forty years, they lived in the wilderness.  Not once did their clothes wear out.  They never went hungry.  God protected them.  He went before them into the Promised Land.  God does the same for each of us.  He provides and protects us every day.  We do not have to fear the waiting dragon.  He will try to pounce upon us but will fail. Romans 8:31 “What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?” ESV.