Your Stronghold Will Not Help You

The desert is the place to fall in love with God and out of love with the false idols. Your newly entered spiritual desert will serve the same purpose. As we have stated earlier, we must start by exposing this false attraction, addiction, or false god. Has this stronghold helped your finances? No, it has robbed you. All addictions are expensive. Even if the acquisition of money is your idol, there is no real joy in that because you will find you never have enough. Has your stronghold helped with your self-esteem? No. Has your idol helped with your relationships? No—it has put a wedge between you and your spouse or family members. Has your idol helped with your health? No—it has taken your sleep, your physical well-being, your peace of mind, and sometimes even caused irreparable physical damage. This false god turns out to be a parasitic leech that robs you of your time, passion, money, devotion, peace, and self-esteem. It is a false master—a false lover, leaving you with only unrequited love. It is a false friend. It offers only a temporary pleasure that leaves you with increasing troubles, guilt, emotional deprivation, and physical ailments. There is a very high price to pay for grabbing at a worldly passion instead of letting God fill you up!

For more on this topic, watch Freedom from Strongholds.