You are not imagining things when you feel that the air has grown thick and the battle has grown fierce. There are times when it seems as though all the forces of a man’s life have gathered themselves into a single narrow pass, and there they stand, shoulder to shoulder with the adversaries of your soul. A specialist with his degrees, a team of attorneys with their arguments, these can look like a wall of spears. But remember that the Lord has a way of causing the horses and chariots of Pharaoh to sink like lead in the mighty waters. The noise they make is great, but the hand that holds them is greater.
Let your heart settle on this: the truth for which you stand has already been bought with a price. You did not mint it, and no man can devalue it. It is the King’s own coinage, stamped with His image. And you have come to possess it, not as a speculation, but as the very lifeblood of your soul. That truth, dear one, is the sweet savor that rises from the altar and is never lost in the winds of earthly tribunals. Christ’s own righteousness, His life and His death, is that fragrance, and you stand in it. Not by your diligence, though diligence is blessed; not by your prayers, though they are precious; but by His sweet savor you are accepted. A man may rage, a team may scheme, but they cannot unsay what the Lord has spoken over you.
That same God is your shelter even now, as He was the refuge of Israel in the brick-kilns of Egypt. Do you feel the yoke? The oppression of an adversary? The Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of trial. He is not standing afar off, wringing His hands. The Eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. Not arms that will catch you when you finally fall, as though you were plunging downward, but arms that are beneath you right now, upholding you in the midst of the fray. You are not dangling over a precipice, held by a thread; you are borne up by that which has no end. The hands that spread out the heavens are cupped beneath you.
And as for the principalities and powers, the spiritual wickedness in high places, you have already taken the right ground. You have not made flesh and blood your enemy. You pray against the darkness, but you do not hate the man. That is a divine instinct. The Christian soldier wields no sword of iron; his weapons are the cry of faith and the name of Jesus. When you pray for favor, for miracles, for blessings, you are lifting up the rod of God over the Amalekites of this age. And your prayers are not wasted breath. They rise and they return, laden with mercy.
Do you see your situation as David saw his, when the murderous watchers ringed his house? He did not stare at the line of dogs baying in the dark. He looked up and said, “The God of my mercy will prevent me.” He will go before you. Before the psychiatrist files his next paper, before the attorneys craft their next phrase, before any new trouble can spring up like a thief in the night, your God will prevent you. He will meet you there with the supply you need, and with a way you had not seen. Your extremity is simply God’s opportunity to show what abundant glory looks like.
You have asked for extreme, unmatched, unstoppable glory. And that is exactly the sort of glory our Lord delights to give, because it leaves no doubt whose hand did it. It is the glory that flows from the empty tomb, the glory that is perfected in weakness. Wait for it. Trust Him for it. He who has called you is faithful, and He will do it. The truth you hold is the truth that holds you, and He will not let it fall.
Let us pray.
Lord Jesus, we bring before You this dear one who stands in a hard place, where the truth seems hemmed in by many adversaries. You are the God of truth, and You do not forget Your own. Silence the voices that rise against the right, and let Your favor be like a broad shield around Your servant. We do not ask for a little help, but for the full deliverance that makes heaven ring with praise, miracles that bear Your signature. Bless in the very teeth of the enemy’s plotting, and let it be known that there is a God in Israel. All over this situation, and in every corner of Your servant’s life, let extreme and unstoppable glory shine forth. We trust in Your name, Jesus, and in Your name alone. Amen.
Prayer Focus: God, Thank You for loving me. Thank You for loving me, Jesus. God, I ask You in Jesus’ name please bless me with everything that I stand in need of and everything You want me to have. 
