Art Of War

You know how we church folk like quoting scripture some of which we do not even know where to find when given the good book? Well that was me (still is when it comes to some quotes) I know sometimes you too say it’s written but can’t really say where… don’t beat yourself up you’re in good company (but from now we’ll read the word more, right?)

Well, there’s this one verse everyone uses and for the longest time I did too but didn’t know where it was written. You should have seen me shouting my lungs out how no weapon fashioned against me shall prosper (we Africans prefer the fancy words like ‘fashioned’ and not ‘formed’ I don’t know who lied to us God doesn’t like simple language)

Many moons later I decide to check where that verse was extracted from and let me tell you Maina… the things I read blew my head away. Isaiah 54.17 “No weapon formed against you shall prosper, And every tongue which rises against you in judgement You shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, And their righteousness is from Me,” Says the Lord. 

I had lived all this time holding a shield and never knew I could wield a spear? It’s there in the text. Saying 'no weapon formed' is more of a defensive tactic, when do we attack if that’s the only phrase we know? No battle has ever been won by always defending. You sometimes have to charge forward, no? And no matter how good you are at defending at some point you’ll give in to the attacker. And that is how some weapons have ended up prospering.

What’s our attack word you ask? Condemning those tongues that tell us what we can or can’t do. You tell them you can do all thigs through Christ. If they tell you your idea is hard to implement or your diagnosis has no cure or you can’t do anything, don’t just let it slide. Shut them up. Those are some of the weapons we let get to us because we’ve only learnt to defend and not fight back.

It closes by saying that this is our heritage. An heritage according to my dictionary is an allotted portion or an inheritance. We only activate this allotment when we put it to use! (One day I’ll tell you about the prodigal son’s brother)

Let us from today rise and fight back. Cancel all those negative words and thoughts both external and internal. You have the IT in you.