day no. 15,266: the destroyer of Satan's handiwork

1 John 3:8
The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.

"Thus says the Lord: the meaning of Christmas is that what is good and precious in your life need never be lost, and what is evil and undesirable in your life can be changed. The fears that the few good things that make you happy are slipping through your fingers, and the frustrations that the bad things you hate about yourself or your situation can’t be changed—these fears and these frustrations are what Christmas came to destroy." - John Piper, The Dawning of Indestructible Joy

All the good we work so hard to uphold and build upon will not be all for not.

1 Corinthians 15:57-58
But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

Our labors are not in vain. God promises. So work hard.

Also, all the bad we work so hard to resist and break down will not ultimately overcome us.

John 1:5
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

The light that shines is shining in us and just like it cannot be overcome out there, it will not be overcome in us.

2 Corinthians 4:6

For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Our darkness is becoming light in Christ. All the bad we despise about ourselves will not win out in the end.

1 John 3:1-3 See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.