Often,
Lord, we come to Your House with so little expectation of Your
blessing. Where does this attitude come from? - It doesn't come from
You. You are the great God. You fill our hearts with 'great
expectations.' When Satan comes to us, filling our hearts with apathy -
the 'couldn't-care-less' attitude, help us to tell him that You are the
great God (Psalm 135:5) - great in holiness, power and love, the
faithful God who comes to us with great promises of blessing. When,
Lord, we are blessed by You, help us to give all the glory to You.
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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