No weapon

Isa 54:17
'But in that coming day, no weapon turned against you will succeed.' (NLT)


Let's look at one of the most dynamic promises given to us "warriors of Christ" in the Bible; Isaiah 54:17. I think we should really use this verse all the time for our well being.  It's more than a verse in the Bible, it's also an assurance - no weapon that can be formed against us will prosper.
It doesn't say that there won't be any weapons formed against us, as a matter of fact, Isaiah is saying that most assuredly there will be things formed against us with the intention to do us harm. This verse doesn't say that our enemies won't forge or form a weapon that can be used against us to cause us hurt; they most assuredly will be formed and put in motion by satan to harm us.  We can be sure that at times we will experience attacks in our life. They will show up, they may even startle us for a time, quite possibly a weapon, or as Ephesions calls them, 'fiery darts' may knock us off our feet or they may have a degree of success during their duration till we figure out we are under attack and neutralize it.
This verse also tells us that we have an enemy.  As if life isn't tough enough already, there are bullies out there trying to make our lives difficult. Only an enemy forms devices that he can use to do us harm.
I do want to remind each of my bloggers that for every weapon formed against us, Jesus Christ gives us the antidote for that weapon. 2Cor 10:3 reminds us that, 'We are human, but we don't wage war with human plans and methods [guns, knives, fingernails, etc]. 4 We use God's mighty weapons, not mere worldly weapons to knock down the Devil's strongholds.
   The Old Testament puts it nicely also...Gen 50 :20 says, "But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good."  It's time to stand in faith on the Word.  When your situation comes, and it surely will if it hasn't already, remind yourself that God will bring you through.

Do you know what time it is?

You hear it everyday - you hear it in most any place you find a person.  "What time is it?" 

For most of us it's simply a way of getting our bearings as to how much longer we are at work, or how long till the game, or how long till the snow arrives, or how long till our kids come home from school.

As I look around the country and the world around me, 'What time is it?' becomes a very powerful thought. In the times that we live in, most people say that they are glad that they don't have to raise kids

 in todays' society....and most of them really mean it!  Why? Because they know what time it is...it is a time of wickedness and they recognized this.  One man said to me that "today sin and evil is so easy to catch up with you".  He explained that back in his day you had to kinda go out of the way a little to get into big trouble but today it is right there in your living room. I think he meant his computer, smart phone and television, right at our fingertips. 

I do believe that evil or trouble is very accessible in the lives of most people today - more than ever.  Why?  Because of 'What time it is".   We can see our society breaking apart....it is evidenced by the breakdown in the family, social collapse, open lewdness, bold and brazen sins, the lack of shame, and nore and more crime. It is all because of 'What time it is.' Sin is easy because easy sin catches more people...I believe sin is more accessible because more accessible sin catches easy prey...I believe sex, sexual sins, lusts and sensual pleasures are easy today because they strike at man's nature and they are easy bait for a wise predator we call the devil.  Why is this stuff so easy.....it is because of 'What time it is.' 

Well then 'What time is it?'....It is not time for the bread to be done, it is not time for the game to come on or the snow to arrive...it is also not time to fall into these sins because IT IS - time for Jesus to come back. The signs are becoming more and more apparent.

Now is the time to dump the stuff and hook on with the Word of God, find an anointed pastor, a holy congregation, and men and women of God that can tell you what time it really is.....

Start over

Jer 18:4-6
4 But the jar he was making did not turn out as he had hoped, so the potter squashed the jar into a lump of clay and started again.

I appreciate this potter. He had put much work into his creation but it wasn't right. He recognised that it wasn't what he wanted.  He had mixed the clay, added the necessary water, stirred and kneaded it to make a fine base, but after he had put it on the wheel and put much effort into it, he realized it wasn't what he was looking for.  So he started over again!  He destroyed it, got another big lump and started working it to make it what he wanted it to look like. 

I know I'm not talking to all of you, but I am sure I will be speaking to some.  It is time you look at what is going on in your life and it is time for you to start over again.  The potter shows us that it's ok to start over again. He shows us it is not proper to keep pressing on when you know it is not really the way you want it to go.

In Jeremiah, it was the Lord that took him down to see the potter...to see this message of God to the people of Israel as told through the ordinary working practice of a potter. You see, God took Jeremiah down there. God had the potter doing the job. God had Jeremiah's eyes' and heart open to receive the truth. 
 Think about it now, right now. In your own life you may know it's just not going well.  You know something needs to be done. You know you are in the slide and that you are just headed for a crash and burn. Why not 'start over'? God is in 'starting over". 
Read the next, scripture...

5 Then the LORD gave me this message:
6 "O Israel, can I not do to you as this potter has done to his clay? As the clay is in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand."  (NLT)

If you'll be willing to 'start over,' can't God do for you what He said He would do for Israel? He will take you in His hands and He will shape you for the good He wants to see in you.....just ask Him.