“You, O Lord, have been a shelter for me, a strong tower from the enemy” (Psalm 61:3)

Tower (Def): (Heb): Migdal from Gadal: A Castle, Large, High Place for Protection and Safety

We all have enemies who attack us and seek to harm us whether in body, mind or character. King David had his enemies and learned there is a place of refuge from his. He found that the perfect Protector, Helper, Friend, Father and Savior was his God who became his “shelter” and “a strong tower from the enemy”.

The castle towers were commonly built among the large, high and elevated rocks that became inaccessible to the enemy. We can learn from this by seeking our inaccessible place from our enemies. We can have our strong tower where we can go for refuge and strength.

“The Name of the Lord is a strong tower, the righteous run into it and are safe” (Psalm 18:10).

The Name of the Lord, Jesus, is our strong tower from our enemies. David in his youth defeated Goliath, not by sword or spear, but in the Name of the Lord:

“Then said David to the Philistine, ‘You come to me with a sword and with a spear, and with a shield; but I come to you in the Name of the Lord of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied'” (I Samuel 17:45).

David wrote another Psalm demonstrating his faith in the Lord and trusting in Him for deliverance from all his enemies:

“The Lord is my Rock and my Fortress, my Deliverer, my God, my Strength, in whom I will trust; my Buckler and the Horn of my Salvation, my High Tower” (Psalm 18:2).

As believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, we too have an inaccessible place for our enemies in whom we abide. The Apostle John knew this place and wrote of it in his First Epistle:

We know that whosoever is born of God sins not, but he that is begotten of God keeps himself, and that wicked one touches him not” (I John 5:18).

The wicked one cannot access the place of the Spirit in which we abide. We abide in the Son, an inaccessible place for the wicked one to enter. We are there in safety, security, protection, and a place of strong defense. A strong tower, indeed.

The prayers of David were heard, as he cried unto the Lord:

Hear my cry, O God, attend unto my prayer, from the ends of the earth will I cry unto You, when my heart is overwhelmed, lead me to the Rock that is higher than I. For you have been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy” (Psalm 61:1-3).

Are you exposed, vulnerable to the attacks of the enemy? Is your heart becoming overwhelmed with heartaches, stresses of various kinds, pressures of life, and taunts from the wicked one? Run into your strong tower, the inaccessible place of the Spirit, the safety and security of the Son, where the wicked one touches you not.

“He that dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.  I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in Him will I trust.  Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler and the perverse pestilence. He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall trust, His truth shall be your shield and buckler.  You shall not be afraid. . .” (Psalm 91:1-5a).

A Strong Tower is a place of abiding, waiting, listening for the voice of the Lord. The Prophet Habakkuk knew this place. He wrote:

“I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what He will say to me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved” (Habakkuk 2:1).

The communion with the Lord is sweet within the strong tower. We speak, He hears. He speaks we listen and hear. Commue with the Lord, wait upon Him and go out in strength to do battle with the enemy in the Name of the Lord of Hosts, the mighty Name of Jesus. Amen

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