‘Where then
are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them come if they can save you
when you are in trouble!’ (Jeremiah 2:28). Teach us, Lord,
that man-made ‘gods’ cannot ‘save.’ They cannot even begin to compare
with You – ‘the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth’
(Isaiah 40:28). There is no comparison between You, Lord, and the gods –
‘I am God, and there is no other’. For ‘all the makers of idols’, the
future holds nothing but ‘shame’ and ‘disgrace’. You’re calling us on to
a much better and brighter future. ‘Saved by the Lord with an
everlasting salvation.’ We thank You, Lord, that this is the great and
glorious future which awaits all who obey Your call to salvation: ‘Turn
to Me and be saved, all you ends of the earth’ (Isaiah 45:15-17,22).
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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