No Weapon – Isaiah 54:17 – God Is Mighty

 

This is Namma for Christ with the one hundred seventy-sixth inspirational message dated Sunday, January 17th, 2021. The title of this message is “No Weapon – Isaiah 54:17 – God Is Mighty”.

The scripture is taken from the seventeenth verse of fifty-fourth chapter of the book of Isaiah:

 

Isaiah 54:17

New King James Version

 

¹⁷ No weapon formed against you shall prosper,
And every tongue which rises against you in judgment
You shall condemn.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,
And their righteousness is from Me,”
Says the Lord.

 

 

 

The first two words of the title are also the name of the below inspirational song/video, “No Weapon” (with lyrics) as performed by Gospel artist Fred Hammond & Radical For Christ. This song, “No Weapon” is based on the above bible verse as taken from the 54^thchapter of Isaiah. The words (of this verse) are spoken by the Old Testament prophet Isaiah - as “comforting and reassuring” to the Israelite people – and “to us” – as “believers” in our Lord’s protection.

The below verse – as taken from 1st Samuel is associated with the “Our Daily Bread” message included below:

 

1st Samuel 17:47a

New King James Version

(NKJV)

 

⁴⁷ Then all this assembly shall know that the Lord does not save with sword and spear; for the battle is the Lord’s…

 

For many years, I have enjoyed reading the daily inspirational messages as provided by Our Daily Bread Ministries in their publications of  "OUR DAILY BREAD".  

I recently read the message for the day (for January 16th, 2021) and found it to be so inspiring, memorable and “thought-provoking”.  

 
 I wanted to share this message with you (see the below message). Our Daily Bread Ministries has the website of:  www.odb.org so that you can read and enjoy life-changing wisdom of daily inspirational messages based on scripture from the Bible. Please read and enjoy:

Mighty

[Goliath] looked David over and saw that he was little more than a boy.

1^st Samuel 17:42

ODB background scripture: 1^st Samuel 17:32, 41-47

 

 

Baby Saybie, born as a “micro-preemie” at 23 weeks, weighed only 8.6 ounces. Doctors doubted Saybie would live and told her parents they’d likely have only an hour with their daughter. However, Saybie kept fighting. A pink card near her crib declared “Tiny but Mighty.” After five months in the hospital, Saybie miraculously went home as a healthy five-pound baby. And she took a world record with her: the world’s tiniest surviving baby.

It’s powerful to hear stories of those who beat the odds. The Bible tells one of these stories. David, a shepherd boy, volunteered to fight Goliath—a mammoth warrior who defamed God and threatened Israel. King Saul thought David was ridiculous: “You are not able to go out against this Philistine and fight him; you are only a young man, and he has been a warrior from his youth” (1 Samuel 17:33). And when the boy David stepped onto the battlefield, Goliath “looked David over and saw that he was little more than a boy” (v. 42). However, David didn’t step into battle alone. He came “in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel” (v. 45). And when the day was done, a victorious David stood above a dead Goliath.

See the below background verses –

1^st Samuel 17:41-47

 

⁴¹ So the Philistine came, and began drawing near to David, and the man who bore the shield went before him. ⁴² And when the Philistine looked about and saw David, he disdained him; for he was only a youth, ruddy and good-looking. ⁴³ So the Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. ⁴⁴ And the Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!”

⁴⁵ Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. ⁴⁶ This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you and take your head from you. And this day I will give the carcasses of the camp of the Philistines to the birds of the air and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. ⁴⁷ Then all this assembly shall know that the Lord does not save with sword and spear; for the battle is the Lord’s, and He will give you into our hands.”

 

No matter how enormous the problem, when God is with us there’s nothing that we need to fear. With His strength, we’re also mighty.

 

By:  Winn Collier (for Our Daily Bread)

 

Reflect & Pray

When do you feel small and insignificant? How can you see God present with you and strengthening you despite insurmountable odds?

God, I feel tiny today. Left to myself, there’s no way forward. But I trust You to be with me and guide me. I’m trusting in Your strength.

 

Remember – God LOVES His children and He will PROTECT HIS OWN - see the below verses:

 

Psalm 46:1

New King James Version

 

God is our refuge and strength,
A  very present help in trouble.

 

Isaiah 54:17

New King James Version

 

¹⁷ No weapon formed against you shall prosper,
And every tongue which rises against you in judgment
You shall condemn.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,
And their righteousness is from Me,”
Says the Lord.

 

 

Please enjoy the below inspirational song/video, “No Weapon” (with lyrics) as performed by Gospel artist Fred Hammond & Radical For Christ. 

 

(I do not own the rights to this song).

 

(If you can’t see the below video: Please scroll down to the end – Under the rectangular box labeled “Home” – please click “View web version”. You will automatically be taken to the top of the message – please scroll down to the “end” of the message to view the video. Please press play to enjoy the song/video).

 

BE BLESSED!