“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 54:14-17
Message
Israel’s short-range Iron Dome air defence system has had a 96 percent success rate in intercepting rockets fired from Gaza during recent rounds of fighting between Israel and Palestinians, the military said. Developed by state-owned Rafael Advanced Defense Systems with U.S. backing, to counter rockets fired from Lebanon that hit Israeli towns during the 2006 war with Hezbollah and from Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the system is said to have saved many lives. It has been in operation since 2011, according to a report on Reuter’s website.
Our text gives assurance of God’s protection over His people. Isaiah prophesied with pinpoint accuracy. His voice calms personal, family and national fears. In the few verses under consideration today, the nation of Israel was assured of deliverance and protection against the aggression of surrounding nations. The stockpile of weapons directed against them will do no harm as God deploys His heavenly ‘missile’ shield over the entire nation.
Our world is becoming more dangerous by the day. We hear of Mutual Assured Destruction – a doctrine of military strategy and national security policy that posits that a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by an attacker on a nuclear-armed defender with second-strike capabilities will cause the complete annihilation of both the attacker and the defender.
Believers in Christ do not need to fear. God’s ‘iron dome’ is more reliable than those developed by any nation. There is no need to seek protection elsewhere, outside God. He that keeps Israel does not sleep nor slumber. And no weapon fashioned against you shall ever prosper.
Thought for the day
God’s banner over us is for our defense and deliverance.
Listed among “500 most powerful people on the planet” by the Foreign Policy magazine in 2013, Pastor (Dr.) William F. Kumuyi is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry (DCLM) headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. DCLM started in 1973 as a 15-member Bible study group right in Kumuyi’s apartment at University of Lagos where he was a lecturer. His revolutionary Bible teaching on personal holiness and commitment to evangelism soon gained so much traction and resulted in a widespread revival.
