‘I
did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I
did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied’ (Jeremiah 23:21).
Before we can speak for You, Lord, we must take time to listen to You.
Teach us that we dare not attempt to speak for You if we are not
prepared to spend time listening to You. Everything could have been so
different - if ‘these prophets’ had taken time to listen to You: ‘If
they had stood in My council, they would have proclaimed My words to My
people and would have turned them from their evil ways’ (Jeremiah
23:22). Lord, You don't force us to listen to Your Word. You invite us
to listen. The choice is ours. We can allow other things to become more
important than spending time with You. Help us, Lord, never to become
‘too busy’ for the ‘one thing’ that is more important than anything else
- listening to Your Word (Luke 10:41-42).
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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