It is a good thing to cry out for protection. The need for God to be near, to be our strength and shield, is the very place where He delights to meet us. When we ask for extra-strong protection, we are not pestering a reluctant God. We are asking Him to be who He has promised to be. The Lord is the strength of your life. Because of that, you do not need to be afraid. He is your light, your salvation, and the One who keeps you.
You have asked for breakthrough as well, and this often begins with recognizing where the real battle lies. The secret of true strength is not found in our own wits, our inner resolve, or some technique we can master. If we look within ourselves for the source, we will eventually face a day of adversity where our own strength proves small and insufficient. The breakthrough comes when we stop trusting in our own ability and learn to lean entirely on the Lord. Blessed is the person whose strength is in Him, the one who has discovered that God’s power is made perfect in genuine human weakness. That is where the valley of weeping becomes a place of refreshment, a well of living water.
Your request is not a solitary cry into the void. It is caught up in a far greater work of intercession. You have an Advocate before the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is not condemning you. He ever lives to make intercession for you, presenting you as one washed and cleansed, a beloved child. And even in those moments when you do not know how to pray or what to ask for, the Holy Spirit Himself intercedes for you with groanings too deep for words, aligning your needs with the perfect will of God. You are wrapped in a double layer of divine intercession.
So hold fast to the Word that God has given. David went back to the promises to find strength and help and to move from an attitude of defeat into an attitude of victory. Having the Word hidden in your heart becomes a strong tower, a citadel of strength when trials come. Those ancient words are not just ink on a page; they are God’s means of imparting His own life to you. His promise does not exempt you from adversity, but it guarantees that you can go from strength to strength through it. The Lord will give strength to His people. He will bless His people with peace. May you find Him to be that very strength right now, and may He give you the endurance to see the breakthrough that comes not from your hand, but from His. He will not let you down.