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205. My Strong Tower

 

I heard the Lord say “I will be your strong tower in 2023.” When He spoke, it was not in a tone that was reassuring or comforting but it was said as a matter of fact statement. 

As this truth settled into my spirit, I was met with a vision of myself standing in a dusty field. It looked like the desert. It was dry and the air felt stagnant. There was no breeze. It was quiet. 

Suddenly the dry grass began to sway. I heard the wind pick up with the sound like a freight train coming at you at a hundred miles an hour. My hair was blowing in the wind, sand and dirt were beating against my face. I was starting to lose my balance. The wind didn’t let up, as a matter of fact it increased. As it picked up, rain began to fall. Thunder and lightning rang through the sky. 

As this storm around me increased, the temptation to panic welled up. As it did, however, so did the presence of the Lord. This confidence in Christ filled my spirit and I lifted my arms to praise the Lord. As my arms began to rise, I opened my mouth in praise and worship to our Lord and savior. 

In that moment the wind, sand and dust around me increased to the point of what felt like a tornado. Yet in the midst of this chaos, this terrifying storm, I stood, arms raised, safe, praising Jesus. 

The whirlwind of dust surrounding me began to come together forming bricks before my eyes. As I continued worshiping the Lord these bricks were turning the materials of this tornado into the strong tower, brick by brick from the bottom up. The Lord used my worship through the storm to protect me. As long as my focus was on him and not the storm, I was safe. 

There I stood, in the middle of the strong tower. The storm raging against it from the outside. Dust, rain, and debris coming in through the small windows, reminding me of the vicious attack outside. In this tower, nothing from the outside could get to me. Could it intimidate me? Yes, if I let it. Could the enemy use the storm to have a field day in my mind? Yes if I let him. We control how we react to attacks. In the middle of this tower, surrounded by a storm of destruction, one layer of brick away from death, I have never felt so secure, and so confident in my faith in Christ. 

I heard the Lord say “Many of my prophets speak encouraging words for 2023, few speak of walking through the storms of 2023 with me. I will be their strong tower if they keep their focus on me and not the storm. I am aware of their storms, they need to be aware of my presence.”

For many, 2023 will not be the amazing year they want it to be. Many of us will face trials, tribulations and loss that come with life. All of us will need the Lord now more than ever. 

This is your reminder that He is your strong tower. Your refuge. Your confidence is not in yourself, it’s in your Lord! 

Proverbs 18:10 The name of the Lord is a strong tower; The righteous runs into it and are safe.

Psalms 4:8 - I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.

Psalms 28:7 - The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.

Proverbs 19:23 23 The fear of the Lord leads to life, So that one may sleep satisfied, untouched by evil.

Psalms 5:12 - For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.

Matthew 10:16 - Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

2 Timothy 4:18 - And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Matthew 28:20 - Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

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