“Fear God and keep His commandments” (Ecclesiastes 12:13). Lord, we
read these words, and we wonder, “How can we even begin to fear You and
keep Your commandments when our hearts are full of sin?” We ask, “How
can our hearts be cleansed from sin?” We cannot do this for ourselves.
Only You can do this for us. Through Your Son, Jesus Christ, You give us
such great blessings: “I will cleanse you. I will give you a new heart
and put a new Spirit in you” (Ezekiel 36:24). Thank You, Lord.
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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