I was listening to a pastor on TV talk about the scripture, "When the enemy shall come in like a flood, (comma) the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him." (Isaiah 59:19) Again, he repeats it....."When the enemy shall come in like a flood, (comma) the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him."  He continues to say that a flood is unstoppable. Its strength and force no man can come against. And I thought to myself, "Yeah, the enemy does that, I know. I've been through it many times." Then he said something that confused me for a moment. He said that in the original Hebrew text the scripture did not have a 'comma' after the word 'flood.' I still wasn't catching on to what he was saying until he repeated the scripture the way it should be read......"When the enemy shall come in _____ like a flood the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him." Then I understood.

Back in '95 I attended a new church. When church was over and I stood up to leave, a lady behind me tapped me on the shoulder and said, "I just saw you in a vision. You were in a raging river laying on top of a log and holding on tight. God wants you to let go of the log." Interestingly enough, she didn't say that God would calm the flood. Just the opposite. In a raging river, I was to let go of the log. That's just like God. To put us in a situation that is impossible for us to get out of so that we cannot take any of the glory or credit when He moves on our behalf.

How often I forget that no weapon formed against me shall prevail. And so often I forget that no matter how I feel or how much someone has hurt me, God's promises are just that.....a promise. Even when the rivers rage.

© Copyright Cheryl Taul
September 1, 2006