How Do You Wrestle a Spirit? 
by Pastor Ricky Kurth
“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” (Eph. 6:12).Wrestling is a sport that is usually associated with boys and men, only a few of whom engaged in organized wrestling in high school or college. But whether you are a man or a woman, the Apostle Paul says that you are engaged in a life-long wrestling match against the members of Satan’s host.
But did you ever wonder how you are supposed to wrestle a spirit? And what is this wrestling match all about, anyway? Paul doesn’t say, but we believe he was thinking of Daniel 10. Here an angel was sent to Daniel to deliver a message from God, but a fallen angel “withstood” him for 21 days (vv. 11-14). Since Paul says of our wrestling match that we must “withstand” (Eph. 6:13), we feel he had this passage in mind, especially when we consider what was happening in Daniel 10. The Prince of Persia, one of “the rulers of the darkness of this world,” was fighting to keep a message from God from getting through to a man of God. It is our firm conviction that “the rulers of the darkness of this world” are still fighting to keep a message from God from getting through to men and women of God—the grace message. Today, however, God is not using angels to deliver His message to His people, He is using grace believers. Because of this, the members of Satan’s host are no longer withstanding angels, they are withstanding us.
And so if you’ve been wondering how you are supposed to wrestle against the devil’s principalities and powers, wonder no more. Every time you share the grace message with someone, you walk out onto the wrestling mat. Every time you try to “make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery” (Eph. 3:9), you engage your wicked opponent. And every dollar you invest in grace ministries helps defeat the adversary’s attempts to keep men and women of God from obtaining the message that unlocks the Scriptures, the preaching of Jesus Christ according to the revelation of the mystery. Why not reach someone with the message today, and know the thrill of pinning a Satanic combatant to the mat, and liberating a bewildered believer from the dark shackles of religious tradition that envelope every saint who has not yet learned to rightly divide the Word of truth.
We are definitely wrestling against the powers of this world, and some of them live in Washington, D.C. Good post my friend.
ReplyDeleteOh oh..lol..your talking to me, lol --jt..I think we all deal/wrestle with darkness. It is how we handle the evil that sets us apart. If that makes any sense. Blessings--good post my friend.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this. Hope those puppies are staying warm...it's getting cooler!!!
ReplyDeleteHave a good night. Hugs to Lucy.
It was hard when Dave was alive and fighting for his life. Then, I was fighting hospital staff, doctors, nurses...it never ended. Medico's know they'll always have an unending stable of sick and dieing so the compassion is a bit lacking.
ReplyDeleteSince Dave has died, the fight continues...the only time, essentially, hear from almost anyone in this county, is when they want something from me. And, when I say "no", it can get ugly. This from alleged Christians. I'm in a mood today, Sparky, it's cold, windy, snowy, icy and I feel it inside and out.