‘Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring’ (Proverbs 27:1). Lord, You speak to us about today.
You say to us, ‘Now is the day of salvation’. Today, we are in ‘the
valley of decision’. We must make up our mind about Jesus Christ. Today
may be our last opportunity to act on Your precious promise: ‘Everyone
who calls on the Name of the Lord will be saved’ (Joel 3:14; 2:32; Acts
2:21). Tomorrow may be too late. Our life may be over before tomorrow
comes. Tomorrow, we may hear Yours Word of judgment: ‘I never knew you.
Depart from Me, you evildoers!’. Tomorrow, we may face ‘eternal
punishment’ (Matthew 7:23; 25:46). Tomorrow need not be a day of
judgment. Help us, Lord, to choose Christ today – to let today be our ‘day of salvation’.
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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