Key Passage: Isaiah 41: 14-16; 2 Corinthians 10:4

"Fear not, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel! I will help you, says the LORD and your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. Behold, I will make you into a new threshing sledge with sharp teeth; you shall thresh the mountains and beat them small, and make the hills like chaff. You shall winnow them, the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them; you shall rejoice in the LORD, and glory in the Holy One of Israel.”
“ For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.”

God made man to be the instruments through which He will establish His righteous rule and show forth His praises on the earth. Though man failed God through the disobedience of Adam, God did not abandon the plan. He still searches the earth for people who are submissive to His will and uses them for His glory (2 Chron 16:9).

Under the Old Testament, God chose the people of Israel as His instruments to restore the worship of the One true God - JEHOVAH - in a world full of idolatry. He gave them righteous laws in a world full of evil, wickedness, immorality and perversion. He also used them to subdue and destroy the sinful nations who occupied the land of Canaan. But the people of Israel failed God by turning away from Him and sinning, even more than the nations who God cast away before them; and God rejected them.

Under the New Testament, God has chosen the Church – the believers in Christ Jesus - as His people to show forth His praise and establish His righteous rule in an evil and corrupt world (1 Pet 2:9-10). His purpose is to use the believers to reconcile men to Himself and change the world to a place where the righteousness, peace and goodness of God reigns; and where the works of the devil is destroyed.

Jesus said to his disciples, “You are the salt of the earth!” and “You are the light of the world!” (Matt 5:13,14). God expects every believer to bear a positive influence on the world and make it a better place, to His glory. Jesus further said, “Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy” (Lk 10:19). The supernatural power of God has been released to every believer to destroy the works of darkness and establish God righteous rule on the earth. We must therefore arise in faith as God’s instruments, declare His authority wherever we go and bring more people to the light of God through the Gospel.

Pray: Lord, use me as your instrument to demonstrate to our world that you are alive and your Kingdom rules over all.

Written by – Evangelist Oguazi Onyemobi