Lord, You are always with us – but we are not always with You. There is
never a time when You are not there at our side – but there are many
times when we don’t realize that You are right there, beside us at every
stage in our journey through life. Life isn’t easy! Bad things happen
to us – and we take our eyes off You. Before we know it, we’re going
round in circles – getting nowhere quickly. What are we to make of all
this? Are we to say, “Why have You left me, Lord?” Our difficult
circumstances are shouting at us, “God has left you. You’re on your own.
Make the most of it – without Him.” Lord, help us, when we feel like
this, to keep on listening for Your “still, small voice.” Help us to
hear the “gentle whisper” of Your love (1 Kings 19:11-12). When our
emotions are pulling us this way, pulling us that way, pulling us all
over the place, help us to hear and believe Your precious promise: “I
will be with you always” (Matthew 28:20).
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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