No weapon fashioned understand the context

Isa 54:17  No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.

Many of us quote this verse, “no weapon fashioned or formed against me will prosper”

I believe this is true, but we have to fulfill certain prerequisite if we want this promise to be fulfilled in our lives. Let me ask certain questions

1. Are you born again?

2. Are you serving the Lord?

These two factors must be met before you can claim this promise of God.

Without Jesus in your life, the word of God describe you as a hopeless fellow, one without God, stranger from the covenant of promise (Ephesians 2: 12)

Eph 2:12  That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

It implies that without accepting Jesus into life, you are not qualified to claim the Isaiah54:17.

Friend if are yet to do that I beseech you by the mercy of God to accept Jesus as you Lord and Saviour  by calling upon God

You can pray this prayer

            O Lord, I believe that Jesus died for my sin and rose again from the dead for my   justification. Lord God, forgive me my sins that are many, wash them  in the             Blood of Jesus(Romans 10:9).

            Lord Jesus, I believe that You died, and that God raise You up from dead. I          confess you as Lord and Saviour. I believe that I am saved by grace through faith      in You.(Ephesians 2:8)

And if you have accepted Jesus as Lord and Saviour, don’t stay within that level, the verse Isaiah 54::17, says this heritage is for the servant of GOD

…………………….. This is the heritage (privileges) of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.

You must serve God.

There are different ways you can serve the Lord

1. Preaching the Gospel
2. Serving in your local assembly
3. Helping the needy
4. Interceding and praying for other etc.

Friends, service to God is a prerequisite if we don’t the weapon of enemy to prosper in our lives. Our service to God must be genuine, with love and not with eye service.

AND THEY LOVE NOT THEIR LIVES UNTO DEATH

Rev 12:11  And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

Many of us quote the above verse when combating the enemy in spiritual warfare, but I believe that God wants to us learn one or two lesson from the verse.

I believe in Blood of Jesus and also the in the word of God which is the word of our testimony. The angels of understood the power in these elements. That is why when combating the devil and his cohorts, they used the blood and the word of God. They don’t depend on their supernatural strength. The Bible makes us understand that Angel have supernatural strengths

Psa 103:20  Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word

Also Angels understood that it is by God’s word that you can overcome the devil and his cohorts.

Jud 1:9  Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.

The Angels of God understood that God’s word and the blood of Jesus that was shed on the tree that can defeat the devil.

As Believers in the Lord Jesus, must also understand this, that our strength cannot defeat the enemy. The arm of flesh will fail. We must embrace the admonition of the Lord by Zechariah the Prophet to Zerubbabel the King of Judah

Zec 4:6  Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.

It means we must depend on the finished work of the Lord Jesus on the cross and on the Spirit if we really desire to win in spiritual warfare.

Having understood that the blood of Jesus and the word are our weapons of warfare. We must understand the third factor or element the Angels added in order to conquer the Satan and his cohorts. The Bible says “THEY LOVED NOT THEIR LIVES UNTO THE DEATH”

Most of us ignore this section of the verse; not loving our lives unto death”. Some of us are ignorant of this section or we are deliberately ignoring it. The 3 factors must be in place in our lives if we really desire to win in life battles.

Our Lord Jesus practiced this principle, He did not loves his life unto death, that He is why died.

Php 2:5  Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

Php 2:6  Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

Php 2:7  But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

Php 2:8  And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

It was through his death, that He vanquish the Satan and his hosts

Also the disciples of the Lord, practiced this principle, they were martyred, faced with it option to deny the Lord. But rather they choose not TO LOVED NOT THEIR LIVES UNTO THE DEATH.

Jesus also talked about qualifications to be one of his disciple, one of which is “ You must hate your own life…………

Paul the Apostle also lived by this principle that He said in Act 20:24

Act 20:24  But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

I am not preaching martyrdom in order for us to be victorious in our warfare, what I am saying is that you must learn to give it all that it takes to be victorious. You must make up your mind until you have victory you won’t let go. You must be like Jacob  at Jabbok saying to the Angel ; “I won’t let you until you bless me” . We must learn to burn the bridge behind us and destroy oxen yoke like Elisha if we desire victory

The Angels of God are saying We made up our mind that in this warfare against Satan and hosts, we must conquer, They are saying we cannot afford to report back to God that we lost the battle, we don’t have excuse to tender before Almighty God, who gave us all that we needed to win the battle, He gave us the blood of Jesus and His unfailing word as instrument of warfare.

As we engage in spiritual warfare, our weapon of warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God. The Blood of Jesus is mighty and word of God is powerful (Heb4:12) to conquer the enemy, but we must be resolute and determined like the Angels, that we cannot be defeated.
 Jesus talking in Luke 18:1

Luk 18:1  And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

Jesus was saying, don’t give up until you win in your warfare.

Result Oriented Prayer

Result oriented Prayer

Who doesn’t want achieve result in his/her pursuit especially in the area of prayer

As I study the Bible, I discovered certain people who portray traits which moves Jesus to grant their requests.

This attitude most of us have forgotten or lost. “I will call it the Lost Art of Worship”

I believe the Lord is reminding us to trace back our steps and embrace this lost art- the art of worship

But the hour cometh, and now is when the true worshipper shall worship the father in spirit and in truth, for the Father seeketh such to worship Him

God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth

(John 4:23-24).

Considering the word “seek” mean to earnestly be looking for. It implies that God is earnestly looking for true worshipper. He is bearing His light seeking and searching for true worshippers. He is earnestly desirous of true worshipper, only when He finds them, is He joyous and satisfied

Consider the Lord’s prayer

Our Father, which art in Heaven, Hallowed be thy name (matthew6:9)

The verse is still talking about worshipping. Before trusting into prayers, Jesus is admonishing us, exhorting us and commanding us to do the first thing which is

TO WORSHIP GOD

Because God is seeking for worshippers, true worshippers

Once we understand this concept, result oriented prayer is invertible

Let us look at some bible’s characters that used this principle and got result.

1.         The Leper: In Matthew 8:1 – 3, we read of the account of a leper who came to Jesus  for healing. This leper used this concept of worship first before placing a demand on Jesus for healing

When He was come down from the mountain, great multitude followed him. And behold, there came a leper and worshipped Him saying Lord, If thou will, thou canst make me clean.

And Jesus put forth his hand and touched him, saying I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed (Matt 8:1 – 3)

2.         The cannanite woman  In Matthew 15:22 -24

      And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.

Mat 15:23  But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.

Mat 15:24  But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Mat 15:25  Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.

Note that the cries of this woman did not achieve any result. Jesus did not answer or granted her request. Not event the disciples of Jesus could intercede on her behalf for the Lord to assist her.

I sincerely believe that the Holy Spirit must have whisper to the woman’s ear to worship Him

 The woman stopped  her request and started to worship Christ. Jesus was moved. This is what the Father seek for, this is what the heavenly Father earnestly long for Worship. The woman got Jesus attention.

Mat 15:26  But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.

Mat 15:27  And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.

Mat 15:28  Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.

Though the Lord respond might not look encouraging, the Lord want to see her faith . Her response shows that she indeed has the faith with which the Lord can work with, to grant her request.

3. The Ruler:

Mat 9:18  While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.

Mat 9:19  And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples

This ruler forgets himself, lay aside his position and worshipped the Lord Jesus before placing his request before the Lord. He got his request, Jesus followed him and raised his daughter back to life.

God desire worship, let learn and cultivate the habit of worshipping Him before placing our needs before Him