Lord, we thank You for Jesus – He is the Rock of our salvation. Often,
in our journey through life, we’re walking on shifting sand. As we walk
along, we discover that it’s more than shifting sand – It’s quicksand!
It’s sucking us in – and it’s dragging us down. Is there any hope for
us? Is there any solid ground? Yes! There is! Jesus is “the Solid Rock”
(“My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus’ blood and righteousness …
On Christ, the solid rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand.”)
Lord, we thank You that You’ve not left us to fall down in our own
weakness. You’ve given us Jesus, our Saviour – We stand in His strength.
When we feel like we’re sinking, help us, Lord, to look to You, to find
new strength in You. When we’re almost overwhelmed by the flood of
unbelief that seems to be coming at us all the time, help us to come to
You and receive Your strength: “Be strong in the Lord and in the
strength of His might” (Ephesians 6:10).
We thank You, Lord, that our determined enemy - Satan - is Your defeated enemy. To us, the devil seems so powerful. In Your eyes, He is defeated - defeated by Jesus, our crucified Saviour and risen Lord. Jesus has triumphed over Satan. He has won the victory for us (1 John 3:8; Hebrews 2:14-15). Lord, Your Word says, "Resist the devil and he will flee from you" (James 5:7). Will he really flee from us? He flees from Jesus - but, surely, not from us? Have we not forgotten something? - Jesus won the victory for us. He gives His victory to us. Help us to resist the devil - in the victorious Name of Jesus. He will flee from us. Why? Because Jesus is Lord over Satan. It's not us he's fleeing from. It's Jesus. When the devil comes 'knocking on our door', help us to send Jesus to the door - and send him packing!
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