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Work by Cathy Vinson |
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Wrestling in prayer is for the priest, and all believers
are called into the priesthood.
The high priest always stood between God and man, as did Jesus. If we are a priesthood,
what is our function? Prayer is a priestly duty.
A priest in prayer wrestles until he sees Jesus in that situation. For example, he sees
the present persecution of Christians in the world and remains until he sees Jesus as Lord
through it...he has brought the two together. He remains in the closet until he sees
"that in everything He (Jesus) might have have the supremacy" (Col 1:18). He
enters his closet burdened and exits knowing God and darkness have been brought together,
and God has won.
In Jacob's wrestling match, God said, "You have wrestled WITH GOD and WITH MAN and
have overcome" (Gen 32:28).
Various strongholds come into focus surrounding our lives? As they come, we are called to
face them as priests. They exists in our opinions, our loved ones, organizational
structures, etc. If we will take God and man into our prayer closet, grappling until we
see the light of Christ's Lordship dawning though, we will have experienced something of
His Lordship. We will find what Epaphras was doing in wrestling in prayer. And we, too,
will vouch for him...it is hard work.
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