Vindication

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"No weapon formed against you shall prosper. And every tongue which rises against you in judgement, you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is from Me, says the LORD."  Isaiah 54:17  NKJV

This is a promise from the Lord to His people. He will foil accusations and evil plots against us. Oftentimes, we become very hurt when we hear that people have been critical about us and our work. It brings great pain and very often it us uncalled for. People will always be people and can become jealous because we appear to be thriving when they're not. Therefore, this jealousy comes in the form of personal attacks against us. Mostly this is malicious gossip behind our backs but also it can involve false accusations that soil our integrity. Now this can come from a non-believer or a fellow believer. When it's the latter, it can be doubly hurtful.

The devil uses people, Christians and non-Christians to mount up against His people and this can bring FEAR. Bob Gass uses the acronym of fear as: FALSE, EVIDENCE, APPEARING, REAL. and it is so true. Criticism can come against us so powerfully that it appears so convincing and the sad thing is, many people begin to belief this. It is a weapon sent by the evil one - an arrow sent to bring harm to God's people (Ephesians 6:16). It comes in the form of a SCUD missile and can cause all sorts of damage to our reputation and integrity.

God can thwart these attacks before they begin to do much damage. However, He will sometimes allow these piercing arrows to strike us and cause all kinds of chaos for us. We often wonder why but we should realise that if God hadn't have been with us in the first place, it could have been far worse that it was and He will always give us the ability to get through the situation. Whatever happens, He will vindicate us and whether or not we see it, He will deal with the person who has been this bad to us. Their punishment may not be the way we would have expected and may not be until they stand before the judgement seat of Christ. But they will answer for this behaviour. This is why, we should always let God handle these things instead of blustering in and causing more trouble than there should be. Leave it to Him, we'll always make a mess of things.

The weapons that may come against us, may be, sickness and all sorts of problems. They may also be curses that have been made against us. However, as the above scripture tells us, they will not prosper against us. We can simply pray against these attacks as follows:

'Lord, I refuse to be afraid of this weapon the devil has brought against me because I know that according to Your word, it cannot prosper. I trust You to protect me and I thank you for it now, in Jesus' Name. Amen.

Whatever happens, whether God deals with the weapon now or at a later date, we can be sure that we are protected and can move on without any fear.

Copyright 2019 Grahame Howard 

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