Lord,
You call us to make our choice. Will we follow the way of “the
righteous” or the way of “the wicked” (Isaiah 3:10-11)? We recall the
words of Jesus: “Enter by the narrow gate … only a few find the narrow
gate, the hard way that leads to life. His words are not popular. Many
don’t like it when Jesus says, “the gate to hell is wide and the road
that leads to it is easy, and there are many who travel it” (Matthew
7:13-14). Help us, Lord, to listen to all that Jesus is saying to us –
and not only the ‘nice’ things that we like to hear.
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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