We
read about Solomon – he built “his own house”, and he built “the House
of the Lord” (1 Kings 6:37-7:1). Which was the most important to him?
Which is most important to us – pleasing ourselves or serving You? Help
us, Lord, not to be “lovers of self, lovers of money, lovers of
pleasure”. “Lovers of God” – this is what You call us to be (2 Timothy
3:1-5). Help us, Lord, to keep on making our choice – to become the kind
of people that You want us to be.
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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