Sin, Death and the Devil are the enemies that seek my life to diminish it, or kill, any way they can. The enemies are strangers to God and God’s life in me; they are insolent and arrogant in thinking they can frighten and threaten; they are ruthless in that they never give up and keep coming back.
But in the time of need or enemy attack I can pray for the Lord’s Help and call on His Name and He delivers. The Name of the Lord is His Presence; it is the nature and character of God showing up at the time and place I need Him. In the Presence of Jesus the enemy has no power, his lies and terrors have no effect, his temptations are driven away, his own evil threats come back upon him, and I will see him utterly defeated.
Since the devil is constantly lurking in the shadows of the world and our own flesh, since sin is always crouching at the door, and because death is ever waiting nearby, we are in daily need of the strong and good Name of Jesus, the very Presence of the living God. “Hallowed be Thy Name…deliver us from evil.”