What was sent to crush you can actually redefine you
Isaiah 54:17 (NKJV)
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.
If you look at the meaning of the word used here for weapon, among other things it means article or object. God's promise to you today is that no article, object or thing that is sent against you, because you're living for Him, will prosper. Notice it does not promise that things won't be sent, but it does promise they will not prosper or accomplish what they were sent to.
Life is very much like a game show we have in the UK called Bring on the Wall. In it contestants stand on the edge of a pool and, as lights suddenly flash, a wall comes at them with the purpose of knocking them into the pool and out of the game. Cut into every new unique wall that comes at them during the competition is a unique body shape, and if the contestant can shape himself to fit it he goes through the wall and is not crushed by it. If he gets through the wall it does not ruin him; in fact the wall actually defines him as a winner, leaving him in a better position in the game than what he was before.
Listen, just like that show, when you choose to live for God you will get wall after wall come at you, but none of them have to crush you. Rather, each one of them can actually redefine you. The art is to be able to reshape yourself to go through each new and varied one.
Think of David: his future as a king and national leader was the other side of a very real wall, a wall of a man called Goliath. This wall did not crush him as the Philistines intended; rather, it redefined him as a leader in the sight of all who watched. All he had to do was follow God's plan for getting through it and reshape himself from that of a shepherd boy to that of a covenant warrior.
Listen, Champ, your wall (current challenge) may be different to mine but God has promised us both they will not crush us as they were sent to do but rather redefine us. Spend some time with God and find your way through it, knowing that after this one there will be another and you will reshape and beat that one too.
Bless you,
Andy
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