Weaknesses

I've been thinking alot about this lately, maybe because my greatest weakness has been rearing it's ugly head.
We all have them, no one is exempt. Your weakness may be fear, worry, anger, insecurity, the need for approval, lust,..... and the list could go on infinitely. They are there, they are very real and they are very dangerous.
When we find ourselves in the center of a life storm, we are often at our weakest. This is when Satan takes every opportunity to move us farther and farther away from the very one who has the power to carry us through the storm. What does he use? Our weaknesses. He will take that weakness, as small as it may seem and use it to cause doubt which keeps us in a constant state of despair.
So what can we do? We need to build strongholds around our weaknesses. We can't wait for the weakness to go away, because it may never. Build strongholds-walls of protection, around that weakness, based on the truth of scripture.
What does scripture say about fear, worry, self worth and so on. Get out your Bible, find out, and then CLAIM IT!
The next time that weakness, with quiet persistence, tries to pervade your mind, there will be an impenetrable wall of truth protecting you.
That my friend, is the power of God's word. That at our weakest he can make us strong,