So, I had a kind of paradigm shift last night.
Or maybe it was just a true revelation from God. Anyway, it changed the way I
was thinking about strongholds. Last night at prayer meeting, Pastor Alec was
reading Psalm 18 and though he read the first thirty one verses, I could hardly
get past the last word of verse two:
“The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,
my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge,
my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.”
my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge,
my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.”
Psalm 18:2
(ESV)
Wait… what? God is my stronghold?! In all my
years of being a Christian, I have always thought of a “stronghold” as a tool
of Satan – like a pit or dungeon where he keeps us bound up in sin . . . fear,
depression, drugs, alcohol, adultery, lying, stealing, gossip, jealousy, etc.
And yet, here in Psalm 18:2 David writes that God is my stronghold!
If God is my stronghold, then that place of
safety and deliverance is greater and more fortified than the chains and cords
of Satan’s strongholds. What amazing
freedom is in that revelation!
my fortress, my deliverer,
my refuge and my shield….
He
is my STRONGHOLD!
“Little
children, you are from God and
have overcome them,
for
he who is in you is greater than he who is
in the world.”
1
John 4:4
‘Lena Ehlert
© Whispers in Worship, 2014
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