Psalm 76:3(NIV)
3 There he broke the flashing arrows, the shields and
the swords, the weapons of war.
Our Redeemer's glorious cry of "It is finished"
was the death-knell of all the adversaries of His people, the breaking of
"the weapons of war." Behold the hero of Golgotha using His cross as
an anvil, and His wounds as a hammer, dashing to pieces bundle after bundle of
our sins, those poisoned "flashing arrows," trampling on every
indictment and destroying every accusation. What glorious blows the mighty
Breaker gives with a hammer far more powerful than the fabled weapon of Thor!
How the diabolical darts break in pieces, and the infernal swords are broken
like old clay pots! Consider how He draws from its sheath of hellish
workmanship the dreadful sword of satanic power! He snaps it across His knee as
a man breaks dry sticks and throws it into the fire.
Beloved, no sin of a believer can now be an arrow bringing
death, no condemnation can now be a sword to kill him, for the punishment of
our sin was borne by Christ, and a full atonement was made for all our
iniquities by our blessed Substitute and Surety. Who now accuses? Who now
condemns? Christ has died, yes, has risen again. Jesus has removed the weapons
of hell, has quenched every fiery dart, and has broken the head off every arrow
of wrath; the ground is covered with the splinters and relics of the weapons of
hell's warfare, which are only visible to us to remind us of our former danger
and of our great deliverance.
Sin no longer has dominion over us. Jesus has made an end of
it and put it away forever. Our enemy's destructions have come to a perpetual
end. Declare all the wonderful works of the Lord, all you who make mention of
His name; do not be silent, neither by day, nor when the sun goes down. Bless
the Lord, O my soul.
Though for today:
When Have I sought to end my bad mood and wrath toward others?
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