Psalm 125:1-3, NKJV
Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever. As the mountains surround Jerusalem, So the LORD surrounds His people From this time forth and forever. For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest on the land allotted to the righteous, lest the righteous reach out their hands to iniquity.
Beloved,
Yet another mountain that MUST surround your life is the mountain of faith. Faith is a dynamic mountain: it keeps heaven working on your behalf and simultaneously serves as a shield against fear. As long as this mountain is in place, you will move forward and upward only.
The enemy of faith is fear, and fear is one enemy you do not want to let into your life. It will have you fighting the air as it robs you of every opportunity, including your relevance. Fear can manipulate you into fighting against what is working for you, including your own destiny. The spirit of fear can distract you with stagnancy; leaving you frozen like a deer in headlights. Fear is a dangerous, fiery force. But the Bible gives us the following intelligence:
Above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one.
Ephesians 6:16, NKJV
The fiery darts of the devil are darts that are demonically designed to deliver distress, such as the dart of fear. They are darts with the ability to throw people into confusion. They are darts that force you into hiding and place you at a disadvantage. Another translation puts it like this:
Lift up over all the [covering] shield of saving faith, upon which you can quench all the flaming missiles of the wicked [one].
Ephesians 6:16, AMPC
When you have the mountain of faith correctly placed in your life it keeps you covered. Faith in Him means you’re no longer bound by the laws of sin and death. You are free to overcome.
For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world-our faith.
1 John 5:4, NKJV
The Amplified Version puts it like this:
For everyone born of God is victorious and overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has conquered and overcome the world-our [continuing, persistent] faith [in Jesus the Son of God].
1 John 5:4, AMP
May the Lord, God, Almighty give you more grace for faith in Jesus name, that you may surround yourself with it as you fulfill your destiny as more than a conqueror.
I commend you to God and to the word of His grace.
I call you blessed. I call you NATIONS.
