The hopping locust represents those earthbound things in our lives that we find ourselves unable to shift. One of the tactics of the enemy is to establish a hidden base camp in our lives that quietly hinders God’s vitality within us. These can take the form of earthbound thinking, cyclic secret sins, or old habits that simply refuse to leave—the unconfessed sins that keep us from soaring on wings like eagles. The inevitable consequence is that the enemy strips away our identity, leaving us exposed, bare, ashamed, and spiritually dry. The classic outcome of this attack is that we begin to deny who we are, allowing the enemy to completely strip away our joy and confidence in Christ. That is the impast of the stripping locust.