Saul
"was unfaithful to the Lord." Help us, Lord, not to become like Saul
who "did not keep the command of the Lord ... and did not seek guidance
from the Lord" (1 Chronicles 10:13-14). Saul had started well. At the
beginning, everything had looked so promising. What went wrong? Lord, we
think about Saul - and we think about ourselves. It happened to Saul.
It can happen to us. Drifting away from You happens when we start to
lose interest in worshipping You, reading Your Word and speaking to You.
Everything falls apart. We become like Saul - a shadow of what we once
were. we wonder, "Can things be turned around?" Yes! Your Word is alive.
Your Spirit is alive. Renew in us the life that comes from Your Word
and Your Spirit.
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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