‘O
Lord, You are my God; I will exalt You and praise Your Name… You have
done marvellous things’ (Isaiah 25:1). We remember what You, Lord, have
done for us. You sent Your Son, Jesus Christ, to be our Saviour. We
rejoice in Jesus. He died for us. We rejoice in Jesus. He rose again for
us. We look forward to His Return. We look forward to the Day when You,
Lord, ‘will swallow up death for ever.’ On that Day, ‘the Lord God will
wipe away the tears from all faces.’ On that Day, we will look back and
say, ‘Surely this is our God; we trusted in Him, and He saved us.’ On
that Day, we will ‘rejoice and be glad in Your salvation’ (Isaiah
25:8-9). Here and now, help us to ‘trust in’ You. May we know that we
can trust in You ‘for ever.’ You are ‘the everlasting Rock’ – ‘the Rock
of our salvation’ (Isaiah 26:4; Psalm 95:1).
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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