When you think about a stronghold of the mind, what image do you see?  Envision for a moment that a demon of brute strength forcefully has his grip around your mind.  His fingers are so large that they block anything from entering or escaping.  You’re bound by his menacing grip; oppressed by the thoughts he’s given you of fear, doubt, unbelief and all the other lies he’s told you over the years against God, His Word, and His promises through the Lord Jesus Christ.  Because of the hold he has on your mind, you reason against, argue and disagree with, resist and reject God and anything contrary to the grip this demonic brute has on you.  You’ve actually become haughty and high-minded to the things of God because you’ve been trained to think only the way the stronghold has conditioned you.

In today’s fast paced society, filled with all sorts of technological toys, we’ve lost track of the valuable art of waiting.  Why have a one on one, telephone conversation – and dare I say a sit down, face to face conversation – when you can send a text? Why wait on the “snail mail” when you can send an email?  Rather than sitting down at a restaurant, we order “to go” from that same restaurant.  Rather than waiting for love to develop through courtship, we want to pick out “the one” and “believe God” to have them immediately fall in love with us and then drag them over the altar.  Who wants to wait for anything or anyone?  Is not everything available through the drive through or in a microwave minute? Well, there’s one thing that our technological toys and fast-paced life cannot and will not change, and that’s learning to wait on the Spirit of God to move in our lives.