WE WRESTLE WITH PEOPLE’S ISSUES

WRESTLING WITH PEOPLE’S ISSUES

The Bible says that we do not wrestle against flesh and blood. I am talking about problems that come up with other people. We find a reference to this type of wrestling in Genesis 30:1-8. Rachel was unable to bear children. She compared herself to her sister, Leah, who was able to produce children. Rachel said, “I am going to make something happen.” She was struggling with comparing herself to her sister.

Many people wrestle with what they believe makes them unattractive. They compare themselves with others. It torments them. They wrestle in their minds constantly.

Maybe you are dealing with people who oppose your ministry or calling. There are those that resist you with issues at every turn.

We all wrestle with things.

WE WRESTLE AGAINST EVIL SPIRITUAL POWERS

Ephesians 6:12 says, “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” image in my mind. We wrestle! There are unseen devils that we must wrestle and fight. They are real.

The warfare in America has increased. The ruling of the Supreme Court regarding gay marriage has caused an increase in the level of wrestling. We were set back as a nation, and it seems we are now recovering. We are fighting against high level evil spirits, and we must wrestle for our country and for our cities.

We are in a season when warriors are going to be identified and battle-tested. They are men and women of spiritual stature who have been chiseled by wrestling.

I was introduced to this demonic world in a prayer meeting with my pastor in the late 1960s. Many have heard my angel story, but few have heard about other things that happened in those prayer meetings because I don’t talk about it. I am contending for revival for my church and my city. I am contending for the glory. I am contending for an awakening!

There are dark spirits that target anointed churches and leaders. They want no opposition. And they attend churches all the time. How do I know that? Matthew 13:19 says, “When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.” Spirits are all around and inside churches.

These entities are ancient. They have been around since long before we arrived. They know the histories of areas. They understand generational and familiar traits. We are at a disadvantage, but our advantage is this: greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world! We have the power to wrestle!

I had experiences with dark spirits. Pastor Wetzel asked me what I was seeing, and I named what I was looking at, and he said, “You are seeing correctly.” I was fortunate to be able to see that dark spirit because now, even today, I realize what I am dealing with. I have that Genesis 32:24-32 tells us that Jacob wrestled with God when he was alone.

WE WRESTLE WITH THE ALMIGHTY

How can a mere man with limitations dare wrestle with a limitless God? Jacob had come to a place