You
call us, Lord, to seek You - and You also call us to serve You (2
Chronicles 31:20-21). Where does our seeking and serving come from? It
comes from Your salvation. We read the words, "The Lord saved Hezekiah" (
2 Chronicles 32::22) - and we think of our salvation. We rejoice in
Your precious promise - "All the ends of the earth, turn to Me and be
saved" (Isaiah 45:22). We rejoice in our gracious Saviour - Jesus
Christ, "the Saviour of the world" (John 4:42).
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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