Good morning,
"Fear not [there is nothing to fear], for I am with you; do not look around you in terror and be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen and harden you to difficulties, yes, I will help you; yes, I will hold you up and retain you with My [victorious] right hand of rightness and justice. Behold, all they who are enraged and inflamed against you shall be put to shame and confounded; they who strive against you shall be as nothing and shall perish. You shall seek those who contend with you but shall not find them; they who war against you shall be as nothing, as nothing at all. For I the Lord your God hold your right hand; I am the Lord, Who says to you, Fear not; I will help you! Fear not, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel! I will help you, says the Lord; your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel. Behold, I will make you to be a new, sharp, threshing instrument which has teeth; you shall thresh the mountains and beat them small, and shall make the hills like chaff." (Is. 41:10-15) Well, this is our destiny, we will be strengthen [to be strong, alert, courageous, brave, stout, bold, solid, hard, to be strong, brave, secure (for oneself), harden (heart), make firm, make obstinate, assure, to be determined, to make oneself alert, strengthen oneself, confirm oneself, persist in, prove superior to; to exhibit strength, be strong, feel strong]. Harden means to toughen by degrees to what generally causes pain or discomfort; to make slowly tough against what affects our feelings. So, through times of testing we are being proven to be superior, and confirmed and for being made alert in the days ahead of us! Through it all as we hold on to His Word, we are being made into a new, sharp threshing instrument [an instrument used to separate the grains or seed from the ear or the plant made with four wooden cylinders armed with stones or iron, and joined together as a sledge]. We are then being made ready to multiply again, because we have brought forth fruit through the toughest season. Since we have been made strong and courageous, we are now a little tougher and not so easily moved by our feelings, and more obstinate to difficulties [trouble, hard things that cause effort; unusual and laborious effort, things that causes pain and or embarrassment]. "He will not be afraid of evil tidings, his heart is fixed trusting in the Lord." "What time I am afraid, I will trust in You. In God I will praise His Word, in God I have put my trust, I will not fear what flesh can do to me." (Ps. 112:7-8; Ps. 56:3-4) Remember we are made to be the victors, so there is no weapon formed against us that shall prosper, and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you shall show to be in the wrong. This [peace, righteousness, security, triumph over opposition] is the heritage of the servants of the Lord [those in whom the ideal Servant of the Lord is reproduced]; this is the righteousness or the vindication which they obtain from Me [this is that which I impart to them as their justification], says the Lord. (Is. 54:17) Get up and keep advancing, going forward, for we are the champions of the Lord and He is the Captain of the army. We get better through testing and trials, not weaker, we are a new, never before seen or known threshing instrument, as we keep pressing on!
Love,
Pastor D.
Daughters of Z 