“Sennacherib,
the king of Assyria, will not enter this city or shoot an arrow here…
By the way that he came he will return… I will defend this city to save
it” (Isaiah 37:33-35). This, Lord, was Your answer to Hezekiah’s prayer
for salvation. What a great God You are! You are the God of our
salvation. You will answer our prayer for salvation. You love us: ‘God
so loved the world that He gave His only Son…’. Your Son, Jesus, died
for us: ‘God made Him who knew no sin (Christ) to be sin for us, so that
in Him we might become the righteousness of God’. Jesus promises to
receive all who come to Him for salvation: ‘I will never turn away
anyone who comes to Me’ (John 3:16; 6:37; 2 Corinthians 5:21). Thank
You, Lord.
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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