‘The
Word of the Lord came to Jeremiah’ (Jeremiah 43:8). Lord, You speak Your
Word to those who are prepared to make time for listening to You. Help
us to come to Your Word, praying that it will be ‘a lamp to your feet
and a light to your path.’May we come with the prayer, ‘Open my eyes
that I may see wonderful things in Your Word.’Help us to ‘live according
to Your Word’: ‘I have hidden Your Word in my heart that I might not
sin against You’ (Psalm 119:105,18,9,11). ‘Speak’ to us, Lord - and
teach us to ‘listen’ to what You say to us (1 Samuel 3:10). ‘Say to
them, “This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel says...”’
(Jeremiah 43:10). Help us not to keep Your Word to ourselves. Help us to
share Your Word. May we not listen to You without also speaking for
You. May we always remember that we cannot really speak for You unless
we are also listening to You.
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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