IN CHRIST YOU CAN WIN THE BATTLES YOU FACE

Whatever bad habits you need to break

Whatever temptation you need to resist

Whatever discouragement you need to overcome

Whatever doubt you need to defeat

Whatever bruise or wound or scar you need to have healed

Whatever sins you need to have forgiven

Whatever holy habit you need to form

Whatever faith you need to feed

Whatever selfless act you need to do

Whatever sacrifice you need to make

Whatever loving kindness you need to show

Whatever courageous word you need to speak

The Lord of Hosts is here with his heavenly armies to give you the grace you need

In Isaiah 51:15-16 we see our hopes, our fears, our dreams, our failures, our pride, our insufficiencies, our oppression and our deliverance should all be viewed from the perspective of who God is. The oceans roar because He has given them power. Otherwise they would have none. This same God who stirs up the seas will stir up the awesome eternal power of His promises also.

Having stated the power of His promises God now declares that His word will be the means of His powerful deliverance in verse 16. "And I have put My words in your mouth, and have covered you with the shadow of My hand, to establish the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’"

The way God remakes and establishes His new covenant people and His new creation is by His word. He will bring new order out of the chaos and confusion man has made of life. The word of God has the power to renew life.

The one who takes hold of the implanted Word of God is the instrument of God to bring about marvelous and amazing changes. The powerful words are a divine revelation of God. By this Word of God placed in their mouth they are to plant the heavens and found the earth. [Establish is literally plant the heavens as if it is a growing developing organism.] Through the Word His redeemed people will be protected and the cosmos will be remade and God’s covenant will be wonderfully be acknowledged and reaffirmed. Oh, how we need to open our heart and really hear Jesus speak to us the words, "You are My people!".

The fact that we are God’s covenant people should be comfort enough no matter what our situation is or who is our enemy. How foolish we are to fear what our fellow man thinks of us or will do to us, when God holds life and eternity in His hand.

As Jesus said in Luke 12:4 & 5; "I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that have no more that they can do. "But I will warn you whom to fear: fear the One who, after He has killed, has authority to cast into hell; yes, I tell you, fear Him!"

Security comes to the redeemed from the Creator. Instead of fearing that man will take your security away, trust in the power that sets free the captives & provides for His own. He is the One who establishes what cannot be broken. ~ Dennis Davidson