We
thank You, Lord, that Jesus, Your Son, is “Immanuel” – “God with us”
(Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:23). We look forward to the Second Coming of
Immanuel: “Now the dwelling of God is with men, and He will live with
them” (Revelation 21:3). When our thoughts turn to the Return of Christ,
may we think of His urgent call to faith: “When the Son of man comes,
will He find faith on earth?” (Luke 18:8). Lord, give us strength to
“stand firm in our faith”, to “believe and be saved” (Isaiah 7:9;
Hebrews 10:37-39).
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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