We thank You, Lord, that we have Your wonderful promise - "The Lord your
God is with you" - as well as Your clear command - "Be strong" (Joshua
1:9). Without Your promise, the command is no use. Again and again, we
fail to keep Your commands. Again and again, we need to be reassured.
You are still with us.This is what we need to hear. This is where our
strength comes from. It comes from Your promise. It comes from knowing
that You never fail us. You have never failed us. You never will fail
us.
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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