The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. – Romans 16:20
Authority – God has it all! And in that complete authority over all things both in Heaven and on Earth, God gives you His power to overcome any temptation or anxiety the world throws at you. You play a part in the outcome, but that part includes choosing to accept His rule and abide in His grace. Resting in the palm of His hand, you will discover a defeated enemy and an oasis of peace.
With God’s complete dominion over all things, how can Satan ever retain power over one of God’s children? The enemy leverages human nature to entice you into the realm of sin. Once there he burdens you with a load of guilt and misery. While he cannot have the soul of God’s people, he settles for making you ineffective and miserable. But you do not have to cooperate!
Only God’s light reveals truth and will give you the right perspective on living. As you realize the enemy is defeated through the resurrection power of Jesus Christ, you can trust you are forgiven from past sin and free to walk away from current temptations. God’s oasis of peace comes into view as you choose to see God alone as good, rather than the distracting things of this world.
Pray for believers across the nation to live in victory over sin and find God’s peace. Pray for governing officials in the United States to submit themselves to the authority of God both in their lives and in their work. Ask that many will join you in the palm of His hand, the oasis of peace.
Today’s Verse: Romans 16:20
The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
All Scripture quotations and audio are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Recommended for further reading: Romans 8:35-39
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? 36 As it is written,
“For your sake we are being killed all the day long;
we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”
37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
All Scripture quotations and audio are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
