Daily Devotion: It Shall Not Stand!

ISAIAH 7:1-9

🔑📖“`KEY VERSE:“` _*“Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass” (ISAIAH 7:7).*_

*History is filled with accounts of despots – rulers who exercised absolute power over their subjects and terrorized those who crossed their path.

They were deluded to think that they had the final word in every situation; but alas, they were often proven wrong.

Something always happened that would remind them that they were finite and feeble humans. Only God has the final word. When He says, “It shall not stand…”, we can bank on it.*

*When Rezin, king of Syria, and Pekah, king of Israel, with their confederate forces planned to invade and destroy Jerusalem, there was great panic in Judah.

This combined army was formidable enough to destroy the entire Judah and make an end of the rule of David’s lineage.

To Rezin and Pekah, it was a done deal, but God said, “It shall not stand”. This was His message to even an ungodly Ahaz, king of Judah, who was already greatly worried by the news of the invasion.*

*God still “bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought…” (Psalm 33:10). Powerful, wicked and crafty people may perfect their plot against His people, but, be rest assured that “it shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass”. It is vain for anyone or group to think that they can work against the will of God or work without His will and succeed (Lamentations 3:37).*

*The world in which we live is full of intrigues, oppression, wickedness and threats from Satan and his demonic and human agents.

Very often, they target people who have a covenant relationship with God. If you are one of such blessed people and the enemy is posing a threat against you, let God’s words of assurance settle your nerves;

“it shall not stand”. The details of how it will be done are not yours but God’s. Just take it to Him in prayer.*