One of my favourite TV channels is National Geographic because I love watching animal documentaries. It’s especially interesting to watch big carnivores like lions hunting down their prey. Most times, these deft hunters start from a crouching position, hiding from the view of their target and camouflaged by surrounding vegetation. They do this hoping that they can identify and isolate the easiest target from the group unnoticed. Once they are satisfied that the chance of getting the target is high enough. They spring out from hiding. Amid the chaos, they don’t run after all the animals in the pack that are startled and frightened by their sudden appearance. If they chase multiple targets, they will go home empty-handed. They instead lock their focus onto the one that they have identified as the target and try to isolate them from the rest of the group.
No matter how long the lion has been hunting, it still has to go out each time it is hungry to look for food because that is how it was designed. If no animal strays into its territory and makes itself vulnerable, it will go hungry for that day. This is the same with the devil when he goes about looking for prey. We are not at the mercy of the devil, he has to seek for his prey and if we are in Christ, we are not in his territory.
Be on your guard and stay awake. Your enemy, the devil, is like a roaring lion, sneaking around to find someone to attack. 1 Peter 5:8
He does not have the power to attack someone who does not walk into his territory. That is why he must go about sneaking around and hoping to catch someone off guard. He is not as powerful as we often make him up to be. The death and resurrection of Jesus made it so for believers. We cannot live our lives in dread of him. Instead, we should live in the reality of the victory that Jesus obtained on our behalf and delivered to us.
Like a bird that wanders from her nest, So is a man who wanders from his place. Proverbs 27:8
Our place of safety is in Christ. If we do not break our hedge of protection by toying with different shades of sin. We are beyond the reach of the enemy. Yes, we are untouchable! It is so liberating to live and work in the reality of this knowledge and revelation.
Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty. This I declare about the LORD: He alone is my refuge, my place of safety; he is my God, and I trust him. Psalms 91:1-2
God is our refuge, our fortress, and our place of safety. In battles, the refuge is usually impregnable unless someone opens the door from within. That is what it is like to have God as our refuge and place of safety. As long as we live in Him, move in Him, and have our being in Him, we remain untouchable. No matter how hard the devil seeks like a roaring lion, we will never be in his path nor within his reach. So if we want to live in perpetual victory over the darts of the enemy, then we need to latch on to the grace of God and live a life of dominion over sin.
For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace. Romans 6:14
There are so many more verses of the Bible that reinforce this point concerning the victory that we have in Christ. As we dig into them and meditate on them, our faith will indeed be founded on solid ground. The solidity of the foundation depends on us and how we esteem the Word of God. May God’s grace be multiplied to us.
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