“With
his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbour” (Proverbs 11:9).
Lord, this is straight talking – from Your holy Word. We need to hear
this kind of thing. It keeps us on the right track. It keeps us from
going off the rails. When, Lord, we’re tempted to speak words that will
hurt other people, help us remember Your Word to us: “The tongue is a
fire … With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse men …
this ought not to be so” (James 3:6-10). Help us, Lord, to keep quiet –
or end up saying, I wish I had never said that – It’s better to ‘put a
zip on it’ than to ‘put our foot in it.’ When we have nothing good to
say, help us to say nothing at all.
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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