There
are times, Lord, when we need to start all over again. We need to make a
new beginning with You. We've wandered away from You - and we wonder if
You'll have us back again. Help us, Lord, to know, in our hearts, that
You never lose patience with us. Your love for us remains constant, even
when we're "in the far country" of our sin (Luke 15:13). You're always
waiting for us to return to You. Our returning to You is not
insignificant. It is important. How can we enter into Your blessing if
we refuse to return to You? When we think about our returning to You,
help us never to forget that it is never any more than a response to
Your coming to us - "to seek and to save the lost" (Luke 19:10).
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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