‘The
Lord will save me, and we will sing with stringed instruments all the
days of our life in the House of the Lord’ (Isaiah 38:20). Lord, we hear
many people saying, ‘I can be a Christian without going to Church.’
You’re teaching us something very different. You’re showing us that
believing in You leads to worshipping You.. It doesn’t make sense. for
us, to say, ‘I believe in You, Lord’ but I’m not interested in
worshipping You.’ We believe in Jesus. He has saved by us. We Have
received a new Spirit of worship: ‘God has sent the Spirit of His Son
into our hearts, crying, “Father, my Father!”’ (Galatians 4:4). Help us,
Lord, never to rest content with being believers without also being
worshippers.
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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