In
Your Word, Lord, we read about "a city of refuge" (1 Chronicles 6:67).
We take refuge in You, Lord. You are "our refuge and our strength, a
very present help in trouble" (Psalm 46:1). Refuge, strength and help -
What great blessings You give to us! Where do we find these blessings? -
we find them all in Christ. When "evil" threatens to overwhelm us (1
Chronicles 7:23), we run to Jesus, we are strengthened by Him, and we
receive help from Him. what are we to do when You bless us so much? - we
are to give all the glory to You. Without You, lord, we "can do
nothing" (John 15:5). With You, we can "do all things" - because you
give us the strength that we need.
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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