We
thank You, Lord, that Your Son, Jesus Christ, is ‘the precious
Cornerstone’. He is ‘the sure Foundation’ (Isaiah 28:16). Jesus is the
Name of our salvation – ‘Salvation is found in no-one else… there is no
other name… by which we must be saved’ (Acts 4:10-12). There is only one
‘Foundation’ for our faith – ‘Jesus Christ’ (1 Corinthians 3:11). He is
the ‘chosen and precious Cornerstone’ – ‘to you who believe, this Stone
is precious’ (1 Peter 2:6-7). Help us, Lord, to build our life on
Christ, ‘the solid Rock’ - ‘My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus’
blood and righteousness; no merit of my own I claim, but wholly trust
in Jesus’ Name. When weary in this earthly race, I rest on His
unchanging grace… When earthly hopes are swept away, He will uphold me
on that Day. On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand. All other ground is
sinking sand’ (Matthew 7:24-27).
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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