Help
us, Lord, to learn from the failure of King Uzziah. He began well – “He
did what was right in the eyes of the Lord … He set himself to seek
God” (2 Chronicles 26:4-5). He lost his way – “When he was strong, he
grew proud, and he was false to the Lord his God” ( 2 Chronicles 26:16).
Help us, Lord, to become better people – not bitter people!
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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