"No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue which rises against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is from Me," says the LORD. (Isaiah 54:17)
Weapons will indeed be formed against God’s people, and tongues will rise in judgment against them. Yet, the Word of God assures us that these weapons will not prosper, and every condemning tongue will be silenced. Just ask Haman: he crafted a weapon to destroy Mordecai but was ultimately hanged on it himself. Potiphar's wife may have thought that the weapon of slander she had formed was successful when she sent Joseph to prison on an unjust charge. Joseph became a ruler and is now in heaven, while Mrs. Potiphar is in hell. In the Acts of the Apostles, persecution arose against the Church, only to result in its strengthening and the spread of God’s Word. Likewise, when Daniel's three friends were thrown into the fiery furnace, they emerged unharmed—yet those who cast them in were consumed by the flames.
Satan and his servants prepare various weapons against God's people: weapons of persecution, weapons of slander, weapons of temptation to sin, weapons of false teaching, but none of them will prosper. Persecution cannot separate God's children from God's love, the slanderous tongue will one day be silenced, the armor of God will help God's children to overcome the temptation of sin, the lover of God's Word will reject false teaching through discernment. No matter the weapon formed, God’s promise stands—none will prosper against His own.
From my diary,
November 5, 2024
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