‘Continue
in the fear of the Lord all day long. Let reverence for the Lord be the
concern of your life’. When, Lord, we put You first in our lives,
You give Your great promise of blessing, ‘There is surely a future hope
for you. You have a bright future. Surely you have a wonderful future
ahead of you’ (Proverbs 23:17-18). What a glorious future lies ahead of
those who love You: ‘No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has
conceived what God has prepared for those who love Him’ (1 Corinthians
2:9)! Keep us, Lord, from becoming ‘short-sighted’. Help us to keep
on looking ahead to ‘the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ’. You, Lord, have given us ‘His very great and precious
promises’. Help us to press on in ‘faith’, becoming more and more
‘active and effective in our knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ’ (2
Peter 1:3-11).
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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