Isaiah 54:17 | Vehicle Safety A Word & A Weapon Podcast

A word - Isaiah 54:17
New International Version
no weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and this is their vindication from me," declares the LORD.
Good News Translation
But no weapon will be able to hurt you; you will have an answer for all who accuse you. I will defend my servants and give them victory." The LORD has spoken.
Elevation Worship – See a Victory
The weapon may be formed, but it won't prosper
When the darkness falls, it won't prevail
'Cause the God I serve knows only how to triumph
My God will never fail
Oh, my God will never fail
When I first heard this passage as a Christian, I really focused on the first part and I don’t know about you, but I took it to mean nothing that comes against me will harm me. Sure – that’s the guarantee but It wasn’t until later in my walk with Christ that I started to understand that part about the weapon being formed. This sentence assures us of a couple things: Weapons will be formed, and they will not have their intended outcome or produce any results. Then as we look deeper into the whole passage, we can start to understand that it is much more than the first sentence, there is so much more than protection against attacks.
The promise here is clear it will NOT PROSPER. Meaning that you will be able to rely on God’s hand to lift you up out of the trouble that you are in, or He will cause the trouble to turn around for good (Rom 8:28).
‘And every tongue which rises against you in judgment You shall condemn’ – Now doesn’t that just sound great? You will be able to protest those that have caused you problems in the past. All of those that have slandered or caused grief and sorrow by what they have said, you will be able to turn the tables on them and condemn them. But notice the words ‘in judgment’, meaning at the end times when we ALL have our mistakes aired, so make sure that there is no plank in your own eye and here Forgiveness is always the best policy.
‘This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord’ – A heritage is something given as a birthright, meaning that you did not obtain it by anything you did, but just by who gave birth to you. If you were born in Jesus, then our heritage is from Him, and we will receive all of the promises and blessings of that birthright.
‘And their righteousness or from the NIV “and this is their vindication from me," declares the LORD.”– Another acknowledgement of our lack of ability to obtain righteousness for ourselves –Vindication means: the action of clearing someone of blame or suspicion – we want to make sure we aren’t translating that word to mean vengeance – because that belongs only to the Lord.
A weapon
I wonder if you’re listening to this in your car or if you will drive a car after listening to this? There are a lot of stats that support that one of those ideas are an almost certainty – you will either be listening to this while driving or you will drive sometime after you listen to this
Here in America we spend an average of more than 17,600 minutes behind the wheel each year, according to a new survey from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.
Also during the study they found that drivers travelled nearly 10,900 miles on average and spent more than 290 hours on the road.
“The amount of time the average driver spends behind the wheel each year is equivalent to seven 40-hour weeks at the office,”
So naturally, let’s talk about some vehicle safety ideas. Ideas for you to put into action right away!
1. Visually Inspect Your...