Lord, You have made us – to praise You. You call us to live for Your
glory. Praise to God, glory to God – Where does this come from? We look
into our hearts – and it is not there. We look at our lives – and we
say, “Where is this praise to God?, Where is this glory to God?” Lord,
we can only praise You when You give to us the song of praise. You alone
can fill our hearts with praise to You. You alone can fill our lives
with Your glory. Without You, Lord, our life is a spiritual wasteland.
Come, O Lord, to this spiritual wasteland. Come – and make our life a
song of praise to You. Come – and make our life a hymn that says, “Glory
to God.”
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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