Satan's strategy is to besiege us and to shut us in.

Satan’s strategy is to besiege us (1 Sam. 23:8; 24:26).

Satan shuts us in (23:7; Cf.: Exod. 14:3).

Not only did Satan put Joseph in prison (Gen. 39:20),

he also puts Peter (Acts 12:4, 5) and Paul and Silas in a deep prison (16:23, 24).

Although Satan shuts us in, our God delivers us from our captivity.

The reason is because God is a God of salvation who loves us.