Isaiah 54 6/1/09

I want to start the day out meditating in Isaiah 54:10-17

"Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed," says the Lord, who has compassion on you."

God is compassionate toward me! I need to dwell on that. The past two years have been very difficult, but regardless of the "shaking of mountains," His love for me is unfailing. His love for me remains strong, regardless of the hardships I've been through. He is making the rough places smooth, thus the "removal of hills." This has been very painful and difficult, but He is faithful. He loves me. Nothing can separate me from His love.

It's been so intense. There have been many times I felt my heart slipping into despair and hopelessness. God is faithful! Every attack of the enemy God has and will redeem.

"O afflicted city, lashed by storms and not comforted, I will build you with stones of turquoise, your foundations with sapphires. I will make your battlements of rubies, your gates of sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious stones. All your sons will be taught by the Lord, and great will be your children's peace. In righteousness you will be established: Tyranny will be far from you; you will have nothing to fear. Terror will be far removed; it will not come near you. If anyone does attack you, it will not be my doing; whoever attacks you will surrender to you."

He's not through yet and I will not give up. He will yet bring comfort, healing and restoration. He will yet redeem. He is merciful. The attacks and the destruction were NOT His doing and He says that my enemies will surrender to me. They will not win! The darkness that has covered my life will not win. I put my mustard seed of faith in the soil of God's faithful heart and I choose to trust and believe for help and redemption. I will yet see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.

"See, it is I who created the blacksmith who fans the coals into flame and forges a weapon fit for its work. And it is I who have created the destroyer to work havoc; no weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and this is their vindication from me," declares the Lord."

God Himself is the one who created our opposition. He did not create an adversary to overpower us, but so that we could overpower him! We will not fail. Our God is greater than our enemy! Our enemies are subject to our God. Therefore, I can confidently stand and say, "No!" to my enemy's taunts and accusations. That is the heritage God has given me. I am hemmed in by His triumphal procession, regardless of my circumstances, and I will refute every tongue that accuses me.

Oh Lord, how desperately I need Your strength! Please strengthen me to refute every accusation and to confidently contend for Your healing and breakthrough in my life. I was not created for defeat! I was created for victory. Like the Shield Maiden of Rohan, I am uniquely qualified in Christ to defeat even the most terrifying enemies.