The Bible repeatedly refers to God
as our Strong Tower, Fortress, Refuge, Shield, and Defender. When we
accept God’s provision and protection, He surrounds us with light.
The light exposes areas of sin, giving us the opportunity to deal
with them. Allowing God to remove the sin in our lives allows us to
walk in closer fellowship with Him. God is always with us. With God
as our Fortress, we can go anywhere He calls us without leaving our
safety behind.
The Bible also states that the gates
of Hell cannot stand before those filled with the power of God. To
distract us from attacking him, Satan uses our pride and fears to
trick us into building walls around ourselves. Convinced that these
walls protect us, we become defensive. Instead of relying on God for
protection, we spend our time and energy defending the walls we
created. Sin often dwells hidden among the shadows of those walls.
Since it is not exposed, it is not dealt with which separates us from
God and allows the enemy even more power in our lives. Sometimes we
don’t obey God because we don’t want to leave our fortress.
Prayer creates cracks in the walls.
Eventually a breakthrough prayer causes a breach. It is then that we
face the hardest part of the battle. At that point, we look around
and see the rest of the fortress still standing. The habits we formed
while living in that fortress still shape our thinking. If we do not
have a revelation of who God is and who we are in Christ, we will
give up. Breaches can be repaired pretty quickly but completely
demolished walls take longer to build back up. Persistent prayer,
humility, and trust reduce the walls to rubble.
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