Lord,
give us wisdom (1 Kings 4:29). Help us to share this wisdom with others
(1 Kings 4:32-34). What, Lord, is wisdom? Is it knowing a lot about
history, geography and science? No, Lord, true wisdom is knowing Jesus,
knowing that He is our Saviour, knowing that He shows us what life is
all about, knowing that His love is the greatest love of all, the love
that changes everything, the love that changes us. Help us to share His
love with others. This is wisdom – knowing Jesus, knowing that He loves
us, being changed by His love. Christ is “our Wisdom” (1 Corinthians
1:30). Help us to rejoice in Him – and to share His love with the people
that we meet.
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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