‘Nothing
is too hard for You’ (Jeremiah 32:17). Lord, we face many difficult
situations. What are we to do when we feel we can take no more? Help us
to remember You. Nothing is too hard for You. Help us to remember Your
promise: ‘The Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen and protect you
from the evil one’ (2 Thessalonians 3:3). May we hear the voice of
Jesus, calling us to follow Him. May we hear His word of warning - ‘the
way is hard.’ May we also know that He is our loving Saviour. He does
not leave us to go it alone. We thank You, Lord, that Jesus gives us His
strength - ‘My yoke is easy and my burden is light’ (Matthew 4:19;
7:14; 11:30). We thank You, Lord,
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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