Lord,
may our lives be an echo of the words of Jesus: "The Spirit of the Lord
God is upon Me ... " (Luke 4:18-19). We look at what we are, and we
ask, "How can we become more like Jesus?" It begins with the death of
Jesus - "while we were still sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8).
It continues with the gift of the Holy Spirit - "the Holy Spirit has
been given to us" (Romans 5:5). we look at Jesus, our Saviour. We look
at the Holy Spirit. What do we see? we see Your love(Romans 5:8 and
Romans 5:5). It's Your love that changes us. It's Your love that makes
us more like Jesus.
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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