I receive this email every morning and found this to be an excellent read for today!
Good Morning!
Isaiah 49:24-26
24 Who can snatch the plunder of war from the hands of a
warrior? Who can demand that a tyrant let his captives go? 25 But the Lord
says, "The captives of warriors will be released, and the plunder of
tyrants will be retrieved. For I will fight those who fight you, and I will
save your children. 26 I will feed your enemies with their own flesh. They will
be drunk with rivers of their own blood. All the world will know that I, the
Lord, am your Savior and Redeemer, the Mighty One of Israel."
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale
House Publishers, Inc.) 1996.
It is important to remember that we are not at war with
flesh and blood. Ephesians 6:12 tells us, "For we do not wrestle against
flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers
of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the
heavenly places." As a child of
God, we are in a spiritual battle, sometimes for our own understanding and sometimes
for the understanding of those in darkness. For our loved ones living in
darkness, the words of Isaiah apply, they will be set free. God tells us that
He will fight for those that we fight for and God will save our children. To
penetrate the minds of those who live in darkness, we need to expose them to
the light of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
We need to reach beyond the level of their flesh and blood and go into
the battle where it is. And the battle is in the their minds and while they are
in darkness, the best way to reach them is on this battlefield. We pick up our
sword and fight the enemy with his own weapons and bind those in darkness to
light of Christ. We continue to fight until they are no longer in darkness but
living in the light of the love of God. All our prayers have a cumulative
impact, for our prayers which are according to the will of God are NEVER
without effect. So claim the promises of God and continue to fight for those
you love who are in darkness and NEVER give up, for God will save your
children!
Have a God Day!
Daily Scripture commentary is written by Christine
Zimmerman
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