All the earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof; there is not a single square inch of the world over which He does not have full control.
And yet, this world has been invaded by sin and permeated through and through by evil. The Devil, who is called Satan, has set his throne in our very midst and dwells among us like a prince:
“The prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience.”
He prowls around the earth, going to and fro and walking up and down on it, looking for those whom he might devour. He imagines himself a conquering king who has succeeded in taking from God what is rightfully His, and imagines that his dominion is secure.
But all authority on heaven and earth has not been given to him! Satan may be strong, but in the words of Jesus Himself:
“No one can enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strongman. Then indeed he may plunder his house.”
And that is precisely what He has done! Jesus was the one who cast the great dragon out of heaven, throwing him down to the earth along with the rest of the heavenly host that had been corrupted by his sinister words.
Jesus is the one who has bound that ancient serpent, the deceiver of the whole world, and destroyed his unrighteous reign by drowning our condemnation in an ocean of grace.
And one day soon all evil will be slain. Satan and his angels will be thrown into the lake of fire, and all his efforts will be undone. Nothing will remain of all the works of the Devil, because Jesus…
“…has caused his wondrous works to be remembered, and his righteousness endures forever.”
Come Lord, destroy the works of the wicked, and cause Your name to be remembered unto all generations!