‘When you get to Babylon, see that you read all these words aloud’
(Jeremiah 51:61). Lord, Your Word is not to be kept within the place of
worship. We are to take Your Word to ‘Babylon.’Help us to speak Your
Word in the places where You are not worshipped. May we call people to
turn from their sinful ways. May we call them to return to You, Lord.
This will not be an easy message to speak. Many people won’t want to
hear it. Help us, Lord, to Your faithful messengers, warning people that
they must not neglect Your salvation and put themselves in danger of
Your judgment. Help us to speak of the Day, when everyone of us must
‘answer’ to You concerning the way we have lived our lives (Hebrews 2:3;
4:13). Teach us to call on people to ‘believe in the Lord Jesus’ and
‘be saved’ (Acts 16:31).
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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