Our fiery trials also expose the planted lies that we have believed. They slipped in through undetected fiery darts. We unknowingly accepted them, and because of that the enemy of our soul gained ground. 

Ephesians 4:27 says to not give him any opportunity. Any thought against ourselves, others, or our circumstances are fiery darts. Once we dialogue with them, they are seeded in our heart. From them, the enemy builds internal strongholds.

If you have ever felt a barrage of negative thoughts, they are coming from an internal stronghold. Jeremiah 1:10 is God’s way of destroying them. However, after the destruction, new inner strongholds of truth are needed to take their place. 

It says, “…to root out and to pull down, to destroy and to throw down, to build and to plant.” Without total destruction, the weed-seed-lies will continue to propagate in the fallow ground of our hearts.