I will strengthen you, yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’
”Behold, all those who were incensed against you shall be ashamed and disgraced;
they shall be as nothing, and those who strive with you shall perish.
You shall seek them and not find them—those who contended with you.
Those who war against you shall be as nothing, as a nonexistent thing.
For I, the LORD your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, ‘Fear not, I will help you.’
Isaiah 41:10-13
Dear God, what powerful promises these are. Even in the midst of fear, You lift us up,
You extend Your hand to us, in a very personal way. You are our God!
You clearly teach that those who choose to try and bring us down, to upset our faith,
will be as non-existent. Their taunts and derisive comments will be silenced and we who endure, through faith in You, will know eternal peace.
Father, even though these words are true, we pray for the enemy; we seek to experience the truth of the New Covenant, wherein Your truth is written upon our hearts. Yes, if the enemy chooses to remain Your enemy as well, they will perish but help us to help them.
Give us a heart to love those who do not deserve our love just as we, when we came to You as sinners, did not deserve Your love. Strengthen us.
We can never be as You in our own strength. Amen.
What amazes me is how much fear we ALL have, even with amazingly different lives, histories, circumstances, etc. And fear is pry the #1 reason we don't step out in faith, we don't believe God, we don't get past ourselves and even KNOWING that, I still know how much I have to persevere through my own places of fear. So grateful God is patient AND gives us the power to overcome ALL of the devil's lies and empty fears.
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