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The Holy Spirit is the great intercessor. It is he
who calls us in the midnight hours for intercession and
prayer. He is the one who leads us and teaches us
even how to intercede in the spirit. He leads us in
prayer according to God's will. At times he may
even lead us into experiences in the spirit realm such as
Jacob experienced when he wrestled with that angel until
the break of the morning. It was in his night of
intercession and wrestling in the spirit realm that he
found power with God by overcoming the angelic host.
We earn our stripes in the midnight hours, in the hours of
intercession and prayer. It is in the midnight hours
that the Holy Spirit draws us into times of intercession
and times of wrestling with God. If we will stay
faithful to the wrestling of our soul, if we will stay
faithful to the call, then we too shall prevail with the
Lord. For it was in Jacob's time of wrestling with
the angel of the Lord that he prevailed and he was granted
power in the kingdom of God. It is during our times
of wrestling that seeds are implanted into our hearts by
the Holy Spirit. These seeds are seeds of what the
Lord desires to come forth in our lives.
But the way to
bring it to pass is in the midnight hour. It is on
your knees in hours of intercession before the Lord,
pleading your case, knocking on heaven's door, laying your
petitions before his throne, confessing your sins,
availing yourself of the blood of the Lamb until God
answers, until God grants, as he granted Christ, as
he granted the disciples the power and the authority, the
right, and the privilege to move in the ministry of the
Spirit. We gain our victory on
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our knees first and
then we shall see it manifested in the natural realm.
Praying in the midnight hours is not a hard thing.
It simply means devoting the midnight hours to him and
if he says you can rest, then rest, but if he says to
rise, then you rise. If he says to pray, then
you pray. If he wakes you up early then heed the
Spirit's wooing and come into the Lord's presence and
spend that time with him
on your knees, walking the floor praying in the Spirit and
in the understanding also.
Sometimes the travail may be so fierce and so strong upon
you interceding with your God that you may experience the
time of wrestling with the angel, and even wrestling with
the demonic forces aligned against your loved ones.
Will you be that living sacrifice and give yourself over
to the Spirit that he might use you in prayer and
intercession? Is it worth travailing in labor for
hours to bring a child into the world? It is worth
travailing for hours to birth something in the spirit
realm as well. Much is accomplished. Much is
accomplished praying in the midnight hours.
“And
they do not rest day or night, saying: ’Holy,
holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to
come!’”
Revelation 4:8
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