‘So
that your trust may be in the Lord, I teach you today, even you’
(Proverbs 22:19). Lord, there are many people who say, ‘It’s not for
me’. They know that others have been greatly blessed through reading
God’s Word. Still, they do not take the trouble to read Your Word for
themselves. They can’t be bothered. Receiving God’s blessing doesn’t
really matter that much to them. Help us, Lord, not to miss out on Your
blessing. Your Word is for every one of us. It’s not just for somebody
else. To each one of us, You say, ‘It’s for you – ‘even you’.
Some people say, ‘I’ll read God’s Word tomorrow’. When ‘tomorrow’ comes
around, they’re still saying the same thing – ‘I’ll read God’s Word
tomorrow’! Sadly, their ‘tomorrow’ never comes. They never get round to
reading God’s Word. They’re missing out on so much. Help us not to
say, ‘I’ll leave it till tomorrow’. Help us to read Your Word ‘today’.
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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