FAITH CAPSULE: He came for each and everyone of us, but not all will accept Him.

Isaiah 54

When we quote the word of God from our mouth and not from our heart it becomes meaningless. Everything we do in the Lord with a lack of understanding will result to a lack of transformation. Psalm 47:7 stated, “For God is the King of all the earth; sing praises with understanding.” If praise worship requires understanding, every other area of worshipping God surely requires understanding. Applying the word of God also requires understanding for the word to produce results. When we quote the word of God from our mouth without having an understanding of its meaning it will produce no results. Often time, believers quote from Isaiah 54:17, “No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue which rises against you in judgment you shall condemn…” It is a blessing of God when formed weapons become a failure and not prosper against us. However, the blessing of God does not happen by accident, it comes with condition. The required command to claim the word of God that states No weapon formed against us shall not prosper is stated before Isaiah 54:17. It is easy to look over the required command and not obey the command before claiming the blessing.  The condition to claim the blessings of God always require work and understanding. Isaiah 54:14commanded, “In righteousness you shall be established…” After this required command, the blessings that will make a believer of the word of God prevail were mentioned. Besides the blessings of formed and failed weapon, whoever assembles against us shall also fall for our sake. The blessing that is packaged in being established in righteousness goes beyond imagination. When a believer is established in righteousness, nothing formed against such believer shall prosper and all that stands against the believer shall fall. Jesus Christ is our righteousness (2Corinthians 5:21). He came for each and everyone, but not all will accept Him. Every man that claims to have accepted Jesus and not be established in Him are running a risk for their life like the itinerant Jewish exorcists who took it upon themselves to call the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “We exorcise you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches. The Bible recorded, “…the evil spirit answered and said, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?” Then the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.”” (Acts 19:15-17) To be established in righteousness is to be steadfast in every moment of our walk in the Lord. It will take loving God with all our heart, with all our soul and with all our strength to be established in His righteousness.

Prayer for today: Deliver me and defend me against the forces that cause man not to be established in Your righteousness.