The Enemy Can't Touch You

Scripture:
Revelation 11:4-13 (ESV)

These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. And if anyone would harm them, fire pours from their mouth and consumes their foes. If anyone would harm them, this is how he is doomed to be killed. They have the power to shut the sky, that no rain may fall during the days of their prophesying, and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague, as often as they desire. And when they have finished their testimony, the beast that rises from the bottomless pit will make war on them and conquer them and kill them, and their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city that symbolically is called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was crucified. For three and a half days some from the peoples and tribes and languages and nations will gaze at their dead bodies and refuse to let them be placed in a tomb, and those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and make merry and exchange presents, because these two prophets had been a torment to those who dwell on the earth. But after the three and a half days a breath of life from God entered them, and they stood up on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them. Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here!” And they went up to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies watched them. And at that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.

Devotional:

When I read this bit of scripture I am given hope.  I know it sounds strange but look at the events.  Two men can’t be touched.  All who try are consumed by fire.  For nearly three and half years no one can harm them.  Talk about protection, God certainly is watching over them.  God is protecting them and He is with them.  God gave them power so that they may complete their God given tasks.  Then even when the enemy seems to prevail they rise in triumph. 

How does this apply to us?  Last time I checked I couldn’t hold back the rain or rise from the dead.  There are many times I feel defeated or overwhelmed.  I look at others and think I am not so smart or great.  I am just one person trying to etch out a life in this world.  What I say and do doesn’t matter.  But you see, I am wrong.  Those are lies told by the enemy.  God is with me.  God provides for me and protects me.  I may not be able to hold back the rains or make them come on call.  But then I have prayed for rain and it has rained.  I have prayed for the rains to hold off for just a little while, and they did.  Maybe not every time I prayed.  Maybe not right away.  However, prayers were answered, not just rainy days either.

Psalm 121:7, “The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life” (ESV).  Philippians 4:19, “And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus” (ESV).  God will provide and He will protect.  There is more than hope.  We have the final victory in Jesus who died for us upon the cross.  We have final victory in Jesus who rose from the dead and is now with God in heaven.  They enemy cannot touch you as long as you are in Christ and he is in you…