Your cry for deliverance and peace has been heard, and it is good that you turn at once to the heavenly Father in the name of Jesus Christ, for there is no other refuge.
You have quoted the word of the Lord, I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy, nothing will harm you. Remember that this authority is not in ourselves, but in Him who has found a ransom. As it is written, Then He is gracious unto him, and says, Deliver him from going down to the Pit, I have found a ransom. Nobody would have thought of that way of deliverance from the pit of hell through a ransom if God had not thought of it, and He has invented it and provided it in His own Son. Deliverance from the power of darkness and deliverance from the guilt of sin are both the work of God alone, and we must look to our heavenly Father altogether and alone for it.
You ask for peace and rest. Know then that the peace we should desire is that which is a blessing from the Lord Himself. The Lord will bless His people with peace. You cannot work this peace out yourself. It must come from lips that cannot lie, from a heart which cannot change, through the blood which has made a full atonement. The blood of Jesus whispers peace within. You will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You. Stay your mind upon Christ, and that perfect peace which passes all understanding shall keep your heart.
You ask also for forgiveness and for healing of any unforgiveness in your own heart. There is forgiveness with Him. It is a divine forgiveness, for no one can remit sin but God only, and He says, I, even I, am He that blotteth out thy transgressions. That which you feel as chastening is not punishment, for punishment was laid upon Christ your Surety. What you receive from the hand of a Father is chastening in love, and even the sharpest smart is made profitable. If you tremble and with a penitent heart desire forgiveness, turn you, for He waits to be gracious.
And concerning the evil that assails your home and your person, be assured that all your ills lie within the fence of omnipotent overruling. Troubles do not spring out of the dust apart from Divine permission. He who permits the trial also commands the deliverance, and He has given commandment to save you, and you shall be saved, saved from yourself and from all the attacks of your old sins, saved from the devil. He is able to rebuke the adversary and to set you free, to snap your bands and to bring you up from the pit.
May you be able to say with the Psalmist after affliction, The Lord has chastened me sore, but He has not given me over unto death. I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord. Let gratitude be your conduct after deliverance, to live unto Him and to tell what He has done.
Let us pray together.
Heavenly Father, we thank You for this day which Your hand has made. We come in the precious name of Jesus Christ, our only ransom and our peace. Look in grace and mercy upon this Your child who seeks deliverance, peace, rest and forgiveness. Forgive all sins for the sake of the blood that was shed, and heal every root of unforgiveness within, that a calm deep and profound may reign. By Your power rebuke the evil that attacks and remove it from this home and this person. Keep back the soul from the pit and preserve life from perishing. Grant perfect peace to the mind that is stayed on You, and let this one live to declare Your works. In the name of Jesus Christ our Lord we ask it, Amen.
