How long can you hold out?  That's what the Babylonians were asking as they encircled Jerusalem.  Nebuchadnezzar had cut off their food  and other essential supplies.  So how long could they survive?  A month passed, then two, then an entire year, still they held on.

 

The secret of the city's survival lay in a hidden water supply which came from a spring outside the the city walls.  King Hezekiah had cut a 1,777-foot tunnel through solid rock.  From there, water passed under the city walls to a reservoir inside called the Pool of  Siloam.  Without it God's people would've gone down in defeat.

 

There is a lesson here for you.  To live victoriously you must: (a) be able to identify your life's true source; (b) draw daily from it; (c) protect it.  If your security, your strength, your self worth or your strategy for living comes from any source other than from God, you're vulnerable!  Everything you need comes from God, so protect that relationship, nurture it, for it will always be the focal point of Satan's attacks.  A day without God's Word is not a slip up, it's a set up for failure.  Prayerless-ness is not carelessness, it's craziness or arrogance. 

 

" Well, I'm doing OK and I don't pray much."  Maybe you haven't reached your hour of testing yet.  When it comes, and it will, what will you draw on?  Answer this:  if you can do it without God, is it even of God?  If it's not, it'll go up in smoke (  See 1 Cor 3:13)  So stay connected to your source!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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