“The
king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon all the men of valour … all
of them strong and fit for war” (2 Kings 24:16) – A prisoner of war is
taken out of the battle. What a sad state of affairs it is, Lord, when
Satan sweeps in and takes control of our lives. Help us to resist Satan –
in Your strength. You are stronger than Satan. Help us to remind him of
this: “Greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world” (1
John 4:4).
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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