Dear friends, the final song we sing in this world—the song of victory—will be all about God, and no one else. Here and now, we often praise the people who have helped us; we thank God for this pastor or that person. But on that day, their names will be forgotten, just like how the stars fade away when

the sun rises. The song will be for the Lord, and for Him alone: "To Him who loved us, and washed us from our sins in His own blood, to Him be glory forever and ever. Amen."

Many horses stumble at the bottom of a hill because the driver thinks the danger has passed and lets go of the reins. The same thing often happens to us when we aren't facing obvious temptations; we’re more likely to fall into complacency. I think it

was Ralph Erskine who said, "No temptation is as dangerous as not being tempted at all." Lord, even when we aren't facing temptation, we still pray, "deliver us from evil"!