Lord,
what are
we to do ‘when the enemy comes in like a flood’? Help us to look away
from
ourselves to Jesus Christ. He has ‘come’ as our ‘Redeemer’. Trusting in
Him, we pray that ‘the Spirit of the the Lord will come
like a rushing stream’. We pray that ‘the wind of the Lord’ will
come sweeping through us with much blessing (Isaiah 59:19-20). In
ourselves, there
is no blessing - ‘salvation... is far from us’. ‘Our sins have
separated us from God’. We need to receive ‘salvation’ from You, Lord
(Isaiah 59:11,2,17). May we not delude ourselves. Satan is stronger than
we are.
We have no hope of victory over Satan - until we put our trust in Jesus
Christ. Without Christ, we are helpless and hopeless. With Him, we shall
be victorious. He is ‘the Rock of our salvation’ (Matthew 7:24-27; 2
Samuel 22:47; 1 Corinthians 10:4). We thank You, Lord, that, in our
battle against Satan, we are not alone. Jesus is with us - every step of
the way.
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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