There's a Crack in Your Armor Perry Stone

assignment, and when the assignment concluded, it was no longer necessary to plan for his family’s survival. Thus Noah was drunk on success , living carelessly after the conflict. There are two times the battle will emerge: after you have experienced a great victory, and after you have experienced a stunning defeat. The enemy comes to steal your spoil of war from your victory or to steal your faith to overcome your vice. T HE ROOT OF ISOLATION I believe a third root was not just David’s failed marriage, but there is also the significance of isolation— too much time alone in the palace. I’m certain David was weary after years of battling lions, bears, Philistines, and King Saul, and he was ready to “chill out” and let someone else deal with adversity. His separation from battle forced him into a position of isolation. The danger of isolation is that it breeds loneliness, and this loneliness gives more time for the mind to wander and for your thoughts to roam aimlessly for hours or days, eventually creating seasons of oppression, depression, or tempting thoughts. All men were created in God’s image (Gen. 1:26), and His image is expressed to human beings through the love we have toward one another. We were created to experience the emotion of fulfillment through the relationships we make with those around us and with people who love us in return. When God created Adam in the Garden of Eden, He created and surrounded him with thousands of animals. It was God who said, “It is not good that man should be alone” (Gen. 2:18). Actually Adam wasn’t alone , as his normal day consisted of