Have you ever had faced a wall that seems impenetrable? You can find
no weakness in its structure. Each time you believe you have found a
way to break through, the wall just reinforces itself. No matter what
you try, you fail. Your defeat is about to claim you, and then you
realize your greatest problem. You have tried to break through that wall
by yourself. You haven't allowed the Holy Spirit to be in control
guiding your actions and decisions. You are trying to
break through, and put it behind you, and He wants it gone. He alone
knows that one stone which, when removed, will bring the whole
stronghold crashing down.
What is your wall? Your stronghold? Perhaps it is something that keeps
you from freedom in Christ–a stronghold that holds you fast. Perhaps it
is even where you have unwisely and maybe even unwittingly placed your
trust. You need God's wisdom to not only identify it and address it, but
to conquer it. “If any of you lacks wisdom,” James writes, “you should
ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will
be given to you” (James 1:5, NIV). If you ask God for His wisdom, He
bestows it. But that wisdom makes no difference unless receive you it
and use it. His wisdom, when applied, promises freedom. “One who is wise
can go up against the city of the mighty, and pull down the strong hold
in which they trust” (Proverbs 21:22, NIV). With His wisdom, you can
correctly identify your stronghold–the very thing where you have placed
your trust–the thing that has held you in bondage. With His wisdom and
power, you can conquer its hold on your life.
Your surrender is
the key. Allow God to have control, and your stronghold no longer has a
greater strength that your God who strengthens you. That wall will no
longer seem impenetrable. He will reveal the weakness in that structure
and give you the wisdom to destroy it. He has found the crack in its
forbidding demands on your life, and it will fall. This wall–this
stronghold, which has defined your life. is no more. Just like His body,
it is resurrected and gone! You are free in His victory.
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