“For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.” Ephesians 6:12
China was by far the most oppressed country and ‘darkest’ that I’ve experienced while on the Race. Just walking down the street you could feel the heaviness of the people. I’ve never experienced anything like it in my life. I can only describe it as a cloud the presses down on the land and its people.
One night I went to meet a young woman in hopes of sharing the gospel with her. The night started off fine, but as the night went on the spiritual attacks seemed to grow and grow to the point of frightening the young woman. Now, I won’t get into all that happened. One because I may inadvertentingly give away too much information about the town we were in and two also because I’m not sure if I could actually write it the way it happened. But bottom line, the young woman left feeling frazzled and I was standing among the darkness alone. (I had learned later that she actually called a girl she knew who was in the area I was in to make sure some of my squadmates found me because she was worried about my safety.)
As I stood there probably not in the safest of situations, I began to pray harder. I was irritated that events had messed up my plans and I was irritated with myself for not taking better control of the situation. I felt that I had missed my opportunity with this woman and in this situation I had lost the battle.
While I was still praying I heard a woman from behind me say, “Hello.” And as I looked up the darkness began for fade….
