Godly Grit 16 - Stronghold 4 - Mortality

Psalms 103:15-16 states (TPT): “Our days are so few, and our momentary beauty so swiftly fades away! Then all of a sudden, we’re gone, like grass clippings blown away in a gust of wind, taken away to our appointment with death, leaving nothing to show that we were here.”  Life is short, and the longer you live, the more you realize how quickly time and life pass by. And then it is over. One day it will be over for everyone; there is no escaping the reality of our mortality.

In this chapter, I will be dealing with the stronghold of mortality. Our eventual death is an issue faced by all human beings. For many, the subconscious anxiety caused by a fear of death is behind a lot of their daily anguish. This burden affects us all; we are all going to die. The essence of this burden is not death itself because we cannot fear something we have not experienced. The nature of this burden is the fear of separation; separation from ourselves, others, our dreams, goals, what we value, our purpose, and our sense of meaning. What we fear is not death; we fear ultimate, permanent separation. We fear uncertainty and change, and death represents the most significant change we will ever experience, the shift from being to not being. Through this fear of separation, the enemy tries to convince you that God has permanently separated Himself from you, and there is nothing you can do about it.