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 servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord (Isa. 54:17).
There may be great activity in the arsenal of evil, forging weapons against the saints, but on every product of these flaming foundries is this inscription: "It shall not prosper."
A company of Scottish Covenanters in the old days of persecution were pursued by their persecutors. They were entirely exhausted. Reaching a little hill that separated them from their enemies, their leader said, "Let us pray here, for if the Lord hear not our prayer and save us, we are all dead men." Then he prayed, "twine them about the hill, O Lord, and cast the lap of Thy cloak over poor old Saunders and these poor things." Before he had done speaking, a mist rose up about the hill and wrapped the devoted little band about like the very cloak of the Lord, for which he had prayed. In vain their enemies sought them, and while they were wearying themselves to find them, an order came calling them away in an opposite direction.
In the end, the weapon formed against God's children will not prosper. He will break it or dull its edge.
Now we hear another hubbub--slander, libel, falsehood, ridicule, insinuation. These things my condemn us, for a moment, but we shall condemn them at last and forever. God's promise is: "Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the strife of tongues" (Ps. 31:20). This is the heritage of God's servants. Why? Because their "righteousness is of me, saith the Lord." This righteousness is ours by faith (Rom. 3:22). It is a gift (Rom. 5:17). "Clad in the armor of Christ's righteousness, the church is to enter upon her final conflict" (Prophets and Kings, p. 725).
MEDITATION PRAYER: "I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the Lord" (Ps. 116:17).
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