WHEN THE ENEMY COMES LIKE A FLOOD

WHEN THE ENEMY COMES LIKE A FLOOD 

By Rev Michael Benson Ajayi 

Isaiah 59:18-20

" According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.

[19]So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.

[20]And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.'

    The book of Isaiah Chapter 59 is a continuation of Isaiah 58 and it speaks of the spiritual  implications of the legalization of illegality by a nation's supreme court .  It says in Isaiah 59:14-15 "And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment." Under such a condition those who stand on the part of truth and equity are treated as enemies . 

  This condition is described by the phrase " equity cannot enter '  The word 'equity' is the Hebrew word "nekôchâh' , it means 'straight forwardness ' . Imagine a society where being straight forward or going by the rule of law is a crime .  

   This grieves the Holy Spirit and opens the doors for the enemy to attack as a flood. Flood means : to be faced with too many problems at once beyond one's control .

 The Bible describes this condition in Isaiah 59:9-10 "]Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness. We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.". This is a state of confusion and hopelessness with many persons losing the will to live and increased suicidal tendencies.

    At this point intercessors are needed to pray for the fear of God to be enshrined in the hearts of men through the intentional teaching of the gospel in righteousness and the for the promotion of the rule of law in the nation through godly leadership . God has promised to make a new covenant with his people when that is done.. He says in Isaiah 59:21 "As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever." 

  The Spirit of God shall raise a standard (in the Hebrew it means to make something vanish ) against the flood of problems , this is what God promises his people .

Prayer : Heavenly Father forgive me of my sins against me I believe Jesus Christ died and was raised for my salvation I  receive him as lord and saviour and  receive the Holy Spirit and power to preach the gospel. 

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