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protection will Christ permit to pass under the enemy’s power. The
Saviour is by the side of His tempted and tried ones. With Him there
can be no such thing as failure, loss, impossibility, or defeat; we can
do all things through Him who strengthens us. When temptations and
trials come, do not wait to adjust all the difficulties, but look to Jesus,
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your helper.
There are Christians who think and speak altogether too much
about the power of Satan. They think of their adversary, they pray
about him, they talk about him, and he looms up greater and greater in
their imagination. It is true that Satan is a powerful being; but, thank
God, we have a mighty Saviour, who cast out the evil one from heaven.
Satan is pleased when we magnify his power. Why not talk of Jesus?
Why not magnify His power and His love?
The rainbow of promise encircling the throne on high is an ev-
erlasting testimony that “God so loved the world, that He gave His
only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish,
but have everlasting life.”
John 3:16
. It testifies to the universe that
God will never forsake His people in their struggle with evil. It is an
assurance to us of strength and protection as long as the throne itself
shall endure.
Jesus added, “Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits
are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written
in heaven.” Rejoice not in the possession of power, lest you lose sight
of your dependence upon God. Be careful lest self-sufficiency come
in, and you work in your own strength, rather than in the spirit and
strength of your Master. Self is ever ready to take the credit if any
measure of success attends the work. Self is flattered and exalted,
and the impression is not made upon other minds that God is all and
in all. The apostle Paul says, “When I am weak, then am I strong.”
2 Corinthians 12:10
. When we have a realization of our weakness,
we learn to depend upon a power not inherent. Nothing can take so
strong a hold on the heart as the abiding sense of our responsibility to
God. Nothing reaches so fully down to the deepest motives of conduct
as a sense of the pardoning love of Christ. We are to come in touch
with God, then we shall be imbued with His Holy Spirit, that enables
us to come in touch with our fellow men. Then rejoice that through
Christ you have become connected with God, members of the heavenly
family. While you look higher than yourself, you will have a continual