When Christ Comes by Max Lucado

Author:Max Lucado
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2013-10-31T16:00:00+00:00

Julie now has a ministry speaking to groups about God’s mercy and healing. Can’t you imagine the devil groaning with each message? What he intended for evil, God used for good. Satan unknowingly advanced the cause of the Kingdom. Rather than destroy a disciple, he strengthened a disciple.

Think about that the next time evil flaunts its cape and races across your stage. Remember, the final act has already been scripted. And the day Christ comes will be the end of evil.

In the meantime—while we wait for Christ’s return—we can be encouraged because:

Jesus is praying for us. This is no ho-hum warning Peter hears from the lips of Jesus. “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to test all of you as a farmer sifts his wheat” (Luke 22:31). Loose translation? “Satan is going to slap your faith like a farmer slaps wheat on the threshing floor.” You’d expect Jesus’ next words to be, “So get out of town!” Or “Duck!” or “Put it in high gear before it’s too late!”

But Jesus shows no panic. He is surprisingly casual. “I have prayed that you will not lose your faith! Help your brothers be stronger when you come back to me” (v. 32).

Can you hear the calmness in his voice? Forgive me, but I almost detect the accent of a streetwise, tattooed, leather-jacketed guy from Brooklyn: “Yo, Peter, Satan wanted to kill you, but you don’t need to worry. I told him to go easy.”

The sum of the matter is simple: Jesus has spoken and Satan has listened. The devil may land a punch or two. He may even win a few rounds, but he never wins the fight. Why? Because Jesus takes up for you. You’ll love the way this truth appears in Hebrews: “But because Jesus lives forever, he will never stop serving as priest. So he is able always to save those who come to God through him because he always lives, asking God to help them” (Heb. 7:24–25).

Here’s how it reads in other translations:

“He always lives to intercede for them” (NIV).

“He is always living to plead on their behalf” (NEB).

“He’s . . . always on the job to speak up for them” (MSG).

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