ESOCS Devotional 1 February 2024 – No Weapon Shall Prosper
MEMORY VERSE: “No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.”Isaiah 54:17
TEXT: ISAIAH 54:11-END
O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
12 And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
13 And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
14 In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.
15 Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.
16 Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.
17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.
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The promise of God concerning the church’s safety was solemnly laid down, as the heritage of the servants of the Lord, as that which they may depend upon and be confident of, that God will protect them from their adversaries both in camps and courts. First, from the field adversaries that think to destroy them by force and violence, and dint of sword: “No weapon that is formed against thee (though ever so artfully formed by the smith that blows the coals, v. 16, though ever so skillfully managed by the waster that seeks to destroy) shall prosper; it shall not prove strong enough to do any harm to the people of God; it shall miss its mark, shall fall out of the hand or perhaps recoil in the face of him that uses it against thee.’’
It is the happiness of the church that no weapons formed against it shall prosper long; and therefore, the folly of its enemies will at length be made manifest to all, for they are but preparing instruments of ruin for themselves. Secondly, from their law adversaries, they think to run them down under the colour of right and justice. When the weapons of war do not prosper there are tongues that rise in judgment. Both are included in the gates of hell that seek to destroy the church; for they had their courts of justice, as well as their magazines and military stores, in their gates.
I join my faith with yours today, as you begin this month, every tongue that shall rise in judgement against you, your business, household and all that concerns you is declared condemned in the Mighty name of Jesus. Go in this thy might.
- Be mindful to always be on the Lord’s side for your battles to be permanently overturned.
- Lord, defend me against all plans of the evil one against my life, in Jesus name.
Further Reading: Exodus 13:1-16; Matthew 21:18-32; Galatians 4:1-7
ESOCS Devotional 1 February 2024
