“A
few, the remaining few of Jacob, will return to the mighty God” (Isaiah
10:21). So few people make time for worshipping You, Lord. Are we to
become discouraged? No! We must take encouragement from Your Word: “The
Light of Israel will become a fire, their Holy One a flame” (Isaiah
10:17). Lord, give us grace to “truly rely on” You, “the Lord, the Holy
One of Israel” (Isaiah 10:20), to keep on believing that You will,
again, send Your blessing – even in the difficult times when
disappointment and discouragement threaten to engulf and overwhelm us.
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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