Sometimes,
Lord, it seems like You have left us. We feel like we're looking for
You, but we're not finding You. We ask, "Where have You gone?" - then we
start thinking, "Have you really left us?" or "Are we the ones who have
wandered away from You?" Call us back to Yourself, Lord. Show us where
we've gone wrong. Lift us above our changeable feelings into Your
unchangeable love. Show us that You're beside us every step of the way -
especially when we find it difficult to feel that You're really with
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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