"The LORD said to Satan, 'May the LORD rebuke you, Satan! May the LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Isn't this man like a burning stick snatched from the fire?'" (Zechariah 3:2)
On Sunday Pastor Sam spoke of the power of the name of God. The verse from Zechariah (above) shows that God, in His power, invokes His own name as a rebuke to Satan's accusations of Joshua the priest.
Who is our defender? He is God, past, present, and future. The one who was, is, and is to come! The one who formed the universe and formed you and me. The one who we address as "Our Father". The one who says of Himself, "There is nothing too difficult for Me" (see Jeremiah 32:27).
God alone has the power to rescue us from the grip of sin and temptation that the devil uses to cause us to fail in our faith. It is only right that when we pray, we follow the example that God has set. We pray, invoking the powerful name of our eternal Father, and He steps in on our behalf to defend and rescue us.
Lord, how we thank You for your powerful name. Please help us to remember that You are the one who, as is said in Malachi 3, "rebukes the devourer". We are so grateful for Your covering. Thank You for rescuing us. In Jesus's name we pray. Amen.
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