Let me ask you. Have you been meditating on God’s word? Have you allowed it to shape your thoughts, words, and actions? Psalm 119:78 says, “Let the proud be ashamed, for they treated me wrongfully with falsehood, but I will meditate on Your precepts.”

Verse 78 gives us strategic warfare. It is through meditating on His word. I love Nahum 2:1. As I quote or read it, I make it militant. It says, “He who scatters has come up before your face. Man the fort! Watch the road! Strengthen your flanks! Fortify your power mightily.”

Our power comes from truth. The enemy only can lie. John 8:44 says that the devil is the father of lies. Meditating on God’s word gives us discernment, so we can detect the fiery dart lie and not give it entrance.

It is only the lies of the enemy that we have received that penetrate and seed into our heart. That is his design. He builds inner strongholds to defeat us through our thoughts. Not every thought is of our origin. Beware. Be on alert. Fortify your heart’s defense through meditation.