Breaking strongholds, like an icebreaker
Breaking strongholds. It can be compared to breaking through ice. Some strongholds might be easier to break and others are.. well; strong. The same way ice can be thin or thick.
For a ship to be considered an icebreaker, it requires three traits most normal ships lack: a strengthened hull, an ice-clearing shape, and the power to push through sea ice.[1]
1.) A strengthened outside layer
2.) An ice clearing shape
3.) The power to push through
Same with spiritual warfare, we're told to be strong in the Lord (strengthened base)
Eph. 6:10 ASV [a]Finally, [b]be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.
2.) What shapes our beliefs
Having the right shape I think is like having the right beliefs. Knowledge of Christ shapes your beliefs right way! If your ship does not have the right shape, you can make a lot of effort, but it won't cut through the ice effectively! Same way if our thinking is not lined up with the truth of the spirit, we can work for change, but it will be very ineffective. See the demonstration in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6vTniRXEk0
The ship has to cut the ice from above and for that it needs the right angle.
Did u know the ship has a right shape and design, so that when thick ice is broken the debris - the mass of broken ice that is formed - is cleared without getting into propellors and damaging the ship.
The external components of the ship's propulsion system (propellers, propeller shafts, etc.) are at even greater risk of damage than the vessel's hull, so the ability of an icebreaker to propel itself onto the ice, break it, and clear the debris from its path successfully is essential for its safety. (Wiki)
So when thick ice is broken, you need a way to clear the debris. So that it doesn’t break your propellors and makes you unable to move. Same way if you break strongholds you need wisdom to clear debris, say if truth (in love) is spoken, how to deal with people being offended without getting stuck into silence or rejection. Im thinking, how to deal with debris, negativity, opposition, criticism, is by casting it on Jesus in prayer. Give to him and if you’re rooted in Him also it will move you less.
Say you do or say something from Spirit, which breaks ice but some people will be offended, thats like debris and for it not to affect your course and speed, you need to also give it to Jesus to handle the debris.
Did you know the ship would get stuck if it didnt clear the ice (because it would be pile up) or if it cleared the ice wrongly, maybe compared to getting hurt or offended or give up or such, the ship stops moving.
3.) Power to push through
Then power to break strongholds, is from operating in Holy Spirit's supernatural power. To walk in resurrection power! 🙂 power that breaks bondages
I think this word will help people that are doing reformational work, because with reformation there is a lot of change, and what might have been frozen (people getting comfortable with the way structures are set up, hierchies are placed and traditions are set and fixed), a reforming change form the wind of the spirit, might be very threatening to people that hold on to the stability the current system they have in place brings. It's a threat to make way through an iceland they hold dear! But what's frozen, is not moving. What's frozen can be similar to something man-made. It might once have been alive, but now it's not.
https://www.marineinsight.com/types-of-ships/how-does-an-ice-breaker-ship-works/
