Lord,
You’re calling us to worship You – “Come, let us go up to the mountain
of the Lord.” You’re calling us to walk in Your ways – “Come, let us
walk in the light of the Lord” (Isaiah 2:3,5). We’re moving towards the
Day when “the pride of men shall be humbled and brought low”, the Day
when “the Lord alone will be exalted” (Isaiah 2:11-12,17). How, Lord,
are we to get ready for the Return of our Lord Jesus Christ? You’re
calling us to keep on worshipping You and walking with You. As we
worship You and walk with You, may our pride be humbled, and may our
Saviour be exalted.
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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