Who
are we trying to please? Are we trying to please You, Lord? or Are we
trying to please other people? Are we more interested in getting what we
want or doing what You want? These, Lord, are searching questions. They
call us to be honest with ourselves, to be honest with You. Help us,
Lord, to see ourselves the way we really are. Help us to pray for
change, real change, change in our hearts, change in our lives, change
that brings blessing to us, change that brings glory to You.
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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