Lord, if we are to become holy, it must be Your doing – not our own
achievement. We come to our Saviour with our sin. We receive from Him
Your forgiveness – and the Spirit of holiness. Our past is put behind
us. Our sins are forgiven – and forgotten. You call us on into Your
future. We are being changed by Your love and Your holiness. We look
back at all that You have done for us – and we say, “To God be the
glory! Great things He has done.” We look forward to all that You
will do for us – and we say, ‘To God be the glory! There is more to
come – “much more” (Romans 5:10). The best is yet to be! (1 Corinthians
2:9).‘
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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