“One
who is wise can go up against the city of the mighty, and pull down
the stronghold in which they trust” (Proverbs 21:22, NIV)
Have
you ever faced a wall in your life that seems impenetrable? You can't
find a weakness in its structure. Each time you think you have found
a way to break through, the wall just reinforces itself. No matter
what you try, you fail. You are about to give up, and then you
realize that you haven't asked God for His help and guidance. You
have stubbornly tried to bring that wall down by yourself. Without
His wisdom of the structure of that wall in your life, you can't
discover the one weakness that will not reinforce itself. With God's
wisdom you can leave that whole wall in ruins.
Do
you have a wall in your life that keeps you from freedom in Christ?
Do you have a stronghold that holds you fast? Perhaps it is even
something in your life 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 abundantly! With His wisdom, you can 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.
Seek
God's wisdom as you go up against the wall in your life. When you
have sought His wisdom and have wisely studied that wall's strength,
you will find the weakness in its structure which will bring down the
whole wall. Allow the Holy Spirit to have control and guide you, and
the wall no longer is impenetrable. That stronghold no longer has a
greater strength than your God who strengthens you. His wisdom has
found the crack in its structure, and it will fall.
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