‘One disaster follows another. The
whole land is ruined… My people are fools. They don’t know Me… They are
experts in doing wrong, and they don’t know how to do good’ (Jeremiah
4:20,22). Lord, we read the daily news. We wonder, ‘What’s going to
happen next?’ We ask, ‘Where will it all end?’ Are we to give up hope?
No! Teach us, Lord, to look beyond the things that are happening in our
world today. Help us to keep on looking to You, Lord – ‘the God of
hope.’ You say to us, ‘There is hope for your future.’ Sometimes, we
feel like things are just going from bad to worse. When we feel like
this, help us to remember Your Word: ‘I know the plans I have for you…
to give you a future and a hope’. ‘May the God of hope fill you with all
joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope
by the power of the Holy Spirit’ (Jeremiah 29:11; Jeremiah 31:17; Romans
15:13).
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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