Godly Grit 34 - Stronghold 20 - Adoration

The belief and demand that you deserve to be worshipped is the stronghold of adoration. The enemy whispers, and the enemy knows where we are weak and when we are vulnerable. The enemy knows when to whisper and what to whisper, and when we are in pain, we listen. The enemy's whispers are lies that encourage us to focus on ourselves during times of anguish. With the stronghold of adoration, the enemy exploits another one of our weaknesses, the desire to be worshiped. When it comes to adoration, the enemy has many helpers because not only do we desire to be worshiped, but we were also created to worship. If we do not worship the one true God, we will find a surrogate god in royalty or celebrity. This worship of false gods is not the stronghold of adoration; it is the stronghold of idolatry. The stronghold of adoration occurs if you are the focus of the adoration. This stronghold is one of the enemy's favorites. Lucifer himself was banished from heaven because of the stronghold of adoration. He was created and gifted by God to be a magnificent being, made in beautiful perfection by God's hand. We learn in Isaiah 14:12-14 (NKJV) what happened to Lucifer when he pursued adoration. "How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, You who weakened the nations! For you have said in your heart: 'I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation On the farthest sides of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.'" Humanity, like Lucifer, desires to be above God. We seek our own glory and not the glory of God.