We need ‘a portion for
each day... all the days of our life’ (Jeremiah 52:34). When, Lord. we
pray, ‘Give us this day our daily bread’, teach us to look beyond our
physical need for food. May we remember our spiritual need for ‘the
Bread of life’: ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word of
God’ (Matthew 6:11; John 6:35; Luke 4:4). Teach us, day-by day, to pray
for spiritual feeding: ‘Break Thou the Bread of life, dear Lord, to me,
as Thou didst break the bread beside the sea. Beyond the sacred page I
seek Thee, Lord. My spirit longs for Thee, Thou living Word! Thou art
the Bread of life, O Lord, to me, Thy holy Word the truth that saveth
me. Give me to eat and live with Thee above. Teach me to love Thy truth,
for Thou art love.’
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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