A driving instructor in Germany was stopped by police after a minor accident with a truck. When asked for his driver’s license, he couldn’t provide one. He had been instructing students for more than 40 years on how to drive, yet he didn’t have his own license! Years earlier, he had failed a driving test, and he was fearful of trying again. He kept this fact a secret out of embarrassment.

Satan also has a secret in his past that he doesn’t want people to learn about. His secret? He no longer has the power to separate us from God. Our enemy doesn’t want anyone to know this truth because he desires to keep nonbelievers controlled by sin and believers entangled in it.

It’s true that because of sin we were separated from God. But when Jesus died on the cross, He bore all our sins and took on Himself our punishment of death. God then raised Jesus from the dead, and now He reigns in heaven.

When we trust in what Jesus has done for us, a relationship with God begins and sin no longer has control over us. The apostle Paul wrote, “Sin shall not have dominion over you” (Rom. 6:14). We are no longer separated from God. We are set free from bondage (v.18). Satan’s secret is out in the open.  — Anne Cetas