‘I will bring Judah and Israel
back from captivity and will rebuild them as they were before. I will
cleanse them from all the sin they have committed against Me... Then
this city will bring Me renown, joy, praise, and honour before all
nations on earth...’ (Jeremiah 33:7-9). What great blessing lay ahead of
Your people! Lord, You were pointing Your people to the place of
blessing: Jesus Christ - ‘the righteous Branch from David’s line’
(Jeremiah 33:15-16). We thank you that 'in Christ’, we have ‘every
spiritual blessing’: ‘No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has
conceived what God has prepared for those who love Him’ (Ephesians 1:3; 1
Corinthians 2:9). We thank You, Lord, that You have so much blessing to
give to us. Help us to come to You and receive Your blessing: ‘Call to
Me, and I will answer you; I will show you wonderful and marvellous
things that you know nothing about’ (Jeremiah 33:3).
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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