‘He
has spoken to us in the Name of the Lord our God’ (Jeremiah 26:16). We
thank You, Lord, that Jeremiah was Your true servant. We need people
like him today. He was faithful. He was unashamed of You. He was
unafraid to speak up for You. We see this same faithfulness in Christ’s
apostles: ‘Day after day, in the temple and from house to house, they
never stopped teaching and preaching the Good News that Jesus is the
Christ’ (Acts 5:42). We could do with people like that today, people who
are enthusiastic about sharing the Gospel, people who are eager to win
others for Christ. We, Lord, can become people like that. You can make
us like that - if we let You! As we hear Your Word in Church, as we read
Your Word in our own homes, may we pray that You will give us the
strength to share, with others, the Word You have given to 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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