"You are beautiful ... How beautiful you are" (Song of Solomon 6:4;
7:6). We wonder, Lord, how You can possibly see any beauty in us? We are
sinners - "We have all strayed like sheep. Each one of us has turned to
his own way." We thank You, Lord, that Christ died for sinners: "the
Lord laid all our sins on Him" (Isaiah 53:6). When You look upon us, You
do not see our sin. You see our Saviour, Your Son, the Lord Jesus
Christ. When You look at us, this is what You see: "The blood of Jesus,
Your Son, cleanses us from all sin" (1 John 1:7). This, Lord, is the
beauty You see - the beauty of Jesus, our Saviour.
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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