I resist the Devil because I submit to God. That's why. That's what makes the devil flee. He's not afraid of us - that'd be like puny little me holding my fist up to the gigantic Devil and watching the Devil run away and think, "look at that, he was intimidated by me!" No, no; the Devil can see the limitless, almighty God that I have submitted to, that's what he runs from; and we don't want to lose sight of that.
From sermon on James 4:6-7 preached by Don Lambert