You can take the man out of Babylon, but you can’t take Babylon out of
the man! We may have never set foot in the ancient city of Babylon, but
we know all about the spirit of Babylon! ‘The heart is deceitful above
all things, and desperately corrupt’ (Jeremiah 17:9) - This, Lord, is
the spirit of Babylon. It’s ‘the spirit of disobedience’, the spirit
which is ‘at work’ in every one of us: ‘All have sinned and fall short
of the glory of God’ (Ephesians 2:2; Romans 3:23). Is there any hope for
us? We cannot change ourselves: ‘Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or
the leopard its spots? Neither can you do good who are accustomed to
doing evil’ (Jeremiah 13:23). Lord, You can change us. To those who
‘trust’ in Him, You say, ‘I will save you’ (Jeremiah 39:18). You want to
bless us. Help us to put our trust in You. May Your blessing flow into
our hearts (Jeremiah 17:7).
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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