February 20 – Today mediate on: God Fights My Battles For Me

No Weapon Formed Against Me Will Succeed

Isaiah 54:17, “But no weapon that is formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you shall show to be in the wrong. This [peace, righteousness, security, triumph over opposition] is the heritage of the servants of the Lord [those in whom the ideal Servant of the Lord is reproduced]. This is the righteousness or the vindication which they obtain from Me—this is that which I impart to them as their justification—says the Lord.”

“Lord, thank You for this precious promise to me that ‘no weapon formed against me shall prosper’ because I am ‘the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus,’ because of the blood of Jesus.”

“Ex. 17:8. In this battle against Amalek God was first worshipped as our Jehovah-nissi, The Lord is My Banner, Ex. 17:15. God shows us a great principle in the Old Testament for obtaining victory over our enemy, the flesh. Read Romans 15:4.

“First, Amalek is a type of the flesh. A type is an Old Testament foreshadowing of a New Testament truth. The word type comes from a Greek word tupos. A tupos was a mark formed by a blow or impression with the result being a figure or an image. Read Romans 5:14. The word translated figure is the Greek word tupos. For example, Adam was a figure or type of Christ who was to come. In 1 Corinthians 15:45, Christ is referred to as ‘the last Adam.’

“…One of the names for God in the O.T. is Zur which means rock. ‘The Rock! His work is perfect, for all His ways are just; a God of faithfulness and without injustice, righteous and upright is He…You neglected the Rock who begot you, and forgot the God who gave you birth,’ Deut. 32:4, 18.

“Jehovah-nissi, The Lord is My Banner. A banner was an ensign or standard ‘carried at the head of a military band or body, to indicate the line of march, or the rallying point,’ according to The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ‘A banner is not necessarily a flag such as we use nowadays, Often it was a bare pole with a bright shining ornament which glittered in the sun.’” From Kay Arthur, in Lord, I Want to Know You, Copyright 1992, Multnomah Books. (NS)

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