You call us, Lord, to "lead a life worthy of Your calling" (Ephesians
4:1). We say, 'I can't.' You say to us, "I have blessed you, in Christ,
with every spiritual blessing" (Ephesians 1:3). Why we do allow our
lives to be controlled by our own weakness when we can be transformed by
Your strength? Help us, Lord, to think of all that You have given to
us, in Christ, and to rise up, with new strength - Your strength - to
live for You day-by-day.
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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