No Weapon
“No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper…” (Isaiah 54:17)
This verse threw me for a loop today as I thought of my past. Sometimes, the weapons formed against us feel as if they’ve prospered in our lives. As a victim of sexual abuse, I can attest to this, in that to be taken advantage of in such a way could make you feel as if the weapons that had been formed against you did in fact prosper. Speaking to God, I was candid concerning how I felt about this verse in regards to certain weapons. To me, the weapon formed against me, prospered, and had done its due diligence in my life. Not moments later, the Holy Spirit allowed me to understand this verse from a spiritual perspective.
What’s the purpose of a weapon? To destroy or silence by means of elimination. If a weapon cannot accomplish elimination, then was its effects really prosperous? No. The Holy Spirit began to speak to and through me these three words, “You’re still here”. So what I learned is that a weapon that is unable to finish the job, or eradicate its target is not a prosperous weapon at all. Then I thought of how far I’ve come over the years, and most importantly how vocal I’ve become regarding the love of Jesus Christ, and from those thoughts birthed the realization of victory through our Lord and Savior. Not only did the weapon fail to get rid of me or silence me, (as it was formed to do) it pushed me closer to my creator, Who picked up all the broken pieces, made me whole, and ushered me into purpose.
If the weapon, I so ignorantly claimed had prospered against me, really had done so, I wouldn’t be here today telling you all that God is so much greater than any demonic attempt on your life; I wouldn’t be here today letting you all know that there IS true freedom, peace, and joy in Jesus Christ; I wouldn’t be here today encouraging you all to persevere because God has SO much more and better for you in the land of the living AND after death. Choose Him! Choose wholeness in and through Him!
I am a living testimony that everything is going to be alright for you, and your smile will once again, or for the first time ever, be true to everyone who gets to experience it, and most importantly, to you.
Love you! And God loves you more!
Full version will be in upcoming book :)
