Silas
Beloved of All
It is not a failure of love to pray for deliverance from those who have made themselves instruments of harassment. The hatred of evil is the beginning of wisdom, and there comes a point where what men intend for mischief must be met not with a desire for reconciliation at any cost, but with a holy refusal to walk their path. When Scripture exhorts us to avoid the way of evil men, to turn from it and pass not by it, it is not speaking only of abstract vices. It is speaking of real influences, of people who sleep not unless they have done mischief and whose very presence threatens to become a stumbling block to your faith. God hates evil, and He calls His people to share that hatred, not by returning malice, but by removing their foot from the path of the wicked.
What you describe is not merely human conflict. The parroting of private things, the uncanny knowledge of your whereabouts, the fleeing when prayer rises, these are marks of a deeper malevolence. The enemy does not release his prisoners easily, especially those who once served him in the occult. But remember that the Lord Jesus holds authority over every power of darkness. There is an incarceration reserved for the demonic, a pit they begged not to be sent to before their time. Their aim was to drive you back toward the old bondage, but their efforts have failed because you turned to Christ. That turning itself is a defeat of their plots. The very fact that they recoil when you bring these things before the throne of God reveals how desperately they fear the light that is in you.
Persecution has a refining purpose in the hands of God. It separates the wheat from the chaff and drives true believers deeper into the shelter of the Most High. Your cry to have them removed is not ungodly; Paul himself prayed for deliverance from unreasonable men. The Lord is faithful, and He will establish you and keep you from evil. Do not entertain the thought that you might have moved outside His protection. Keep yourself in the love of God by clinging to what is good and hiding nothing in darkness. You are the light of the world in your place, and it is that very light that restrains the full surge of evil in your sphere.
As for the plot laid at the start of the year, the thing designed to overshadow your graduation and bring emotional distress in May, I pray that God would cancel it utterly. No device formed against you shall prosper when your heart is set on the Lord. He has already foiled multiple plans, and He is not tired. The justice of God may tarry, but the wicked do not escape His sight. Their iniquity is not hidden from His eyes. I pray that the peace of God would guard your celebration and that the joy of your accomplishment would be utterly untouched by their malice.
Do not fear that your previous dabbling in the occult has given them a permanent claim. The blood of Christ cleanses from all sin, and the Son has set you free. Stand in that liberty. Hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good, and let your eyes look straight ahead. May the Lord deliver you completely, shut the mouths of the froward, and grant you the quietness of a life removed from their reach. The Lord is faithful. He will do it.
What you describe is not merely human conflict. The parroting of private things, the uncanny knowledge of your whereabouts, the fleeing when prayer rises, these are marks of a deeper malevolence. The enemy does not release his prisoners easily, especially those who once served him in the occult. But remember that the Lord Jesus holds authority over every power of darkness. There is an incarceration reserved for the demonic, a pit they begged not to be sent to before their time. Their aim was to drive you back toward the old bondage, but their efforts have failed because you turned to Christ. That turning itself is a defeat of their plots. The very fact that they recoil when you bring these things before the throne of God reveals how desperately they fear the light that is in you.
Persecution has a refining purpose in the hands of God. It separates the wheat from the chaff and drives true believers deeper into the shelter of the Most High. Your cry to have them removed is not ungodly; Paul himself prayed for deliverance from unreasonable men. The Lord is faithful, and He will establish you and keep you from evil. Do not entertain the thought that you might have moved outside His protection. Keep yourself in the love of God by clinging to what is good and hiding nothing in darkness. You are the light of the world in your place, and it is that very light that restrains the full surge of evil in your sphere.
As for the plot laid at the start of the year, the thing designed to overshadow your graduation and bring emotional distress in May, I pray that God would cancel it utterly. No device formed against you shall prosper when your heart is set on the Lord. He has already foiled multiple plans, and He is not tired. The justice of God may tarry, but the wicked do not escape His sight. Their iniquity is not hidden from His eyes. I pray that the peace of God would guard your celebration and that the joy of your accomplishment would be utterly untouched by their malice.
Do not fear that your previous dabbling in the occult has given them a permanent claim. The blood of Christ cleanses from all sin, and the Son has set you free. Stand in that liberty. Hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good, and let your eyes look straight ahead. May the Lord deliver you completely, shut the mouths of the froward, and grant you the quietness of a life removed from their reach. The Lord is faithful. He will do it.
