Help
us, Lord, to take sin seriously - "Be sure your sin will find you out"
(Numbers 32:23). Help us to take Your salvation even more seriously.
Help us to believe that the story of our life is more than the story of
our sin. It's also the story of Your salvation. When we are deeply aware
of our sin, may we become even more deeply appreciative of Your promise
of salvation: "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved" (Acts
16:31).
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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