In
ourselves, Lord, there is sin – ‘O Lord… we have sinned against You’.
In You, Lord, there is salvation – ‘O Lord our God… our hope is in You’
(Jeremiah 14:20,22). In You, Lord, there is no sin – ‘You are too pure
to look on evil’ (Habakkuk 1:13). In ourselves , there is no salvation.
We are ‘spiritually dead because of our disobedience and sins.’ We need
to be ‘made alive’. How can this happen? It is not something we can do
for ourselves. The new birth can only be received as Your gift. Help us
to stop trying to save ourselves. It cannot be done. Salvation cannot be
earned. It is Your gift. It must be received by ‘faith’. Teach us
to look away from ourselves to Christ. In Christ, we see Your ‘great
love for us.’ Through receiving Christ as Saviour, we are ‘born of God’
(Ephesians 2:1,4-5,8; John 1:12-13). Thank You, Lord, for such a great
Saviour and such a great salvation.
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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