Today's encouragement comes from Isaiah 54:17, where the prophet wrote these great words:
" 'No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue which rises against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the ser-vants of the LORD, and their righteousness is from Me,' says the LORD."God's servants may take great comfort from this divine promise (above). Sa-tan and evil (religious) men form unholy alliances against God's ministers and churches. And though they rage, and create a fuss, they are never success-ful. The reason for all this is because of the latter part of this verse: the saints' righteousness is from God in Jesus Christ alone. If righteousness had any-thing to do with us sinners, then the devil and his horde would have a hey-day with us. But, since righteousness is exclusively from Christ, and is His gift of grace to us—the redeemed servant-lovers of God are safe.
Let us joyfully relish our justification in Jesus today.
[Puritan quote of the day: "Justification is the very hinge and pillar of Chris-tianity. An error about justification is dangerous, like a defect in a foundation.” —Thomas Watson, in, "A Body of Divinity"]
