Nov. 16
WEAPONS DOOMED TO FAIL
"No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every
tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn"
Isa. 54:17
There is great clatter in the forges and smithies of the enemy.
They are making weapons wherewith to smite the saints. They could not
even do as much as this if the Lord of saints did not allow them; for
He has created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire. But see
how busily they labor! How many swords and spears they fashion! It
matters nothing, for on the blade of every weapon you may read this
inscription: It shall not prosper.
But now listen to another noise: it is the strife of tongues.
Tongues are more terrible instruments than can be made with hammers
and anvils, and the evil which they inflict cuts deeper and spreads
wider. What will become of us now? Slander, falsehood, insinuation,
ridicule -- these are poisoned arrows; how can we meet them? The Lord
God promises us that, if we cannot silence them, we shall, at least,
escape from being ruined by them. They condemn us for the moment, but
we shall condemn them at last, and for ever. The mouth of them that
speak lies shall be stopped, and their falsehoods shall be turned to
the honor of those good men who suffered by them.