God's Power and God's Name
We all need power to live the Christian life and to be victorious over Satan and his forces of evil. If we are saved, but we try to live the Christian life in our own power and intellect, we will fail miserably. Then, we might wonder why God did not help us and get discouraged. However, God did not fail us. We failed to do things in His way, so He could not help us do the wrong thing. Therefore, we need to understand how to live in victory God's way. The psalmist knew how this works together. (Psalm 44:5) "Only by Your power can we push back our enemies; only in Your name can we trample our foes." The psalmist knew that only the power of God is able to repel Satan. We can't do that on our own. He knew that our character was not enough to trample our foes. It takes the character and Person of God to get rid of our foes. Let's think about this for a moment. To live the Christian life, we must stop trying to just grit our teeth and do the right things. Satan, the wo...