We
thank You, Lord, that "we have peace with You through our Lord Jesus
Christ" (Romans 5:1). We thank You that "Jesus is our peace" (Ephesians
2:14). This peace is not something that comes from within ourselves. It
comes to us from outside of ourselves. It comes from above. It comes to
us from You. It's given to us. It's Your gift. We cannot give this gift
to ourselves. We can only receive it by faith - faith in Jesus, our
Saviour.
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!
Comments
Post a Comment