A Prayer of Assured Triumph
The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. (Rom. 16:20)
O Father, this promise holds so much hope and timely encouragement for me. Though not always readily apparent to our eyes, the crushing defeat Satan was given under the feet of Jesus is being applied to all the chaos and evil that threat- ens our peace, joy, and sanity. We will live to see the day of Jesus’ triumph over evil played out under our very feet! Though at times it feels like we are being walked on by a gloating devil, it is he who is actually getting ready to know our dancing feet on his head. And according to your Word, this will happen “soon”! Lord, our weary yet joyful cry is, “Make soon, real soon!”
Jesus, the reason you came into this world was to destroy him who holds the power of death (that is, the devil) and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death. Indeed, you have come to destroy the devil and all his works. You faithfully and fully fulfilled the first gospel promise: indeed, your “bruised heel” on the cross secured the “crushed head” of the serpent (Gen. 3:15). Our foe is defeated and waiting to be utterly destroyed. His present flurry of fury is actually a sign he knows his time is short. Lord, our weary yet joyful cry is, “Make short, real short!”
O God of peace, grant us your peace that passes all understanding when the battle rages most fiercely and the schemes of Satan seem to be winning the day. O triumphant Lord Jesus, we boldly ask not just for surviving grace but for thriving grace, until the day you return to finish making all things new. I pray in Jesus’ triumphant name.
Amen.