I had a vision of a mighty elephant being surrounded, not by lions, which would make sense, but by a huge pack of wolves. That alone struck me. Elephants roam African terrain; wolves do not belong there. Yet there they were, biting him piece by piece. It was painful to watch. I felt compassion. I felt grief. It reminded me of the movie Black Hawk Down when the helicopter went down in enemy territory. That soldier fought until his last breath, firing as the enemy swarmed him. I remember the camera panning over the scene as the mob rushed in. Watching that scene, I felt such sorrow for that warrior who stood his ground until the very end.
That same sorrow filled me in this vision.
The elephant, strong, massive, powerful, was being attacked from every side. One wolf would bite the back leg, and as the elephant turned to defend itself, another would clamp onto the front. They had him spinning in confusion, reacting instead of advancing. It wasn’t one fatal blow. It was “one bite at a time.”
Scripture says in Acts 20:29 that “grievous wolves shall enter in among you, not sparing the flock.” Wolves do not attack with honor. They attack with strategy. They look for vulnerability. They isolate. They exhaust.
And 1 Peter 5:8 warns us:
“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.” Notice, seeking whom he may devour. The elephant is not weak. It is powerful. But even the strongest can be overcome when surrounded and distracted.
Ecclesiastes 4:12 says, “A threefold cord is not quickly broken.” The opposite is also true, division creates vulnerability. Jesus said in Mark 3:25, “If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.”
What I saw was not just external attack, but confusion. Spinning. Reacting. Losing focus. The strategy was exhaustion through constant biting. The enemy understands strength. The way to bring down something strong is not always with one massive strike, but through relentless pressure, narrative shaping, accusation, internal fracture, and distraction. One bite at a time.
But here is what I also know: The elephant carries weight. It carries memory. It carries endurance. And Scripture reminds us in Isaiah 59:19, “When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.” This is not a call to fear. It is a call to discernment. To vigilance. To unity. To prayer. Because wolves gather when they sense opportunity. And strength must remain steady, not spinning in confusion, but standing firm, sober, and unified.
For those who have eyes to see and ears to hear what the spirit of the Lord is saying.
[Ricardo Colon silentpreacher.net]
