‘Listen! I am
going to bring on this city and the villages around it every disaster I
pronounced against them, because they were stubborn and would not listen
to My Word’ (Jeremiah 19:15). Lord, You're warning Your people. You're
calling us back from the way of sin and disobedience. You're calling us
to return to You. You're looking for people who will take You seriously.
You're calling us to live in obedience to Your Word. You're calling us
to worship You with the dedication of our lives and not only the words
of our lips. Sometimes, we wonder, ‘Will Your blessing be lost forever?
Is there a way of rediscovering Your blessing in our lives?’ ‘There’s a
way back to God from the dark paths of sin. There’s a door that is open
and you may go in. At Calvary’s Cross is where you begin, when you come
as a sinner to Jesus’ (Mission Praise. 682).
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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