Sifted Like Wheat
“Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.” Luke 22:31-32 Most of us know very little of how things work in the spiritual realm. In this passage of Scripture we see that Jesus is warning Simon Peter of what is to come. Still, Peter will have none of it and questions, even challenges His Savior. Isn't that just like us? The verses just preceding Jesus' warning to Peter are the ultimate joy and blessing to the disciples. Jesus tells them in Luke 22:28-30, "You are those who have stayed with me in my trials, and I assign to you, as my Father assigned to me, a kingdom, that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel." We fail to see with our physical eyes the spiritual kingdoms, principalities, and powers that exist, but if we will look with spiritual