We
thank You, Lord, that You have given to us words of prophecy, wonderful
words that point us to Jesus Christ, crucified for us - ‘the
Lord has laid all our sins on Him’ - and risen from the dead - ‘After
the suffering of His soul, He will see the light of life’ (Isaiah
53:6,11). ‘Were
you there when they crucified my Lord?’ (Mission Praise,
745). We might put this question to Isaiah. In one sense, he wasn’t
there. He lived long before the time of Christ. In another sense, he was
there. You, Lord, opened his eyes. You gave him a glimpse of what was going to
happen in the future. ‘Were you there when they crucified my Lord?’ In
one sense, we weren’t there. These things happened long before we were
even born. In another sense, we were there. It was our sins which Christ took with Him to the Cross. It was our
sins which He left behind Him when He rose from the dead (Romans 4:25).
Thank You, Lord, for Jesus, our Saviour. Thank You for all that He has
done for us.
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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