The daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee. — Isaiah 37:22
"Reassured by the Word of the Lord, the poor trembling citizens of Zion grew bold, and shook their heads at Sennacherib's boastful threats. Strong faith enables the servants of God to look with calm contempt upon their most haughty foes. We know that our enemies are attempting impossibilities. They seek to destroy the eternal life, which cannot die while Jesus lives; to overthrow the citadel, against which the gates of hell shall not prevail. They kick against the pricks to their own wounding, and rush upon the bosses of Jehovah's buckler to their own hurt.
We know their weakness. What are they but men? And what is man but a worm? They roar and swell like waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame. When the Lord ariseth, they shall fly as chaff before the wind, and be consumed as crackling thorns. Their utter powerlessness to do damage to the cause of God and his truth, may make the weakest soldiers in Zion's ranks laugh them to scorn.
Above all, we know that the Most High is with us, and when he dresses himself in arms, where are his enemies? If he cometh forth from his place, the potsherds of the earth will not long contend with their Maker. His rod of iron shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel, and their very remembrance shall perish from the earth. Away, then, all fears, the kingdom is safe in the King's hands. Let us shout for joy, for the Lord reigneth, and his foes shall be as straw for the dunghill."-- Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Morning and Evening
Our enemies are attempting impossibilities. They cannot win; God cannot lose. They are attempting to tear down the exalted, to silence the Word, to keep down the Resurrection, to block the Way, to corrupt the Holy, to impede the Inexorable, to ignore the Inescapable, to wear down the Indefatigable, and to kill the Life. They are running fool's errands like wind sprints, wearing themselves out with absurdities. They cannot win; God cannot lose: the Nephilim will never learn how to tread water long enough. Babel can never be tall enough to usurp the throne. The Philistines will never assemble an army large enough or find a large enough champion to overcome those who come in the name of the Lord. Pharaoh and Herod will never kill enough baby boys to rig the outcome.
Where are God's enemies? The footstool of Jesus expands as His number of vanquished foes marches on. All of God's enemies will be defeated. They will either be won over in repentance or overrun in resistance, but none will stand in His presence. All will bow. All will confess Him as rightful King.
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