Your prayer reaches heaven not by the multitude of words, but by the earnestness of the soul. You ask for deliverance from insomnia and witchcraft affecting your head. First, understand this: God permits such trials not from hatred but from a providential kindness, to prove your seriousness and to draw you nearer to Himself. Wherefore, do not think the delay in relief is due to some failure in your prayer or to the power of darkness. Even when the sickness seemed to run contrary to Christ’s word, Lazarus’ sisters did not stumble; they held fast and saw a greater glory. So you, when sleep flees and your head feels assaulted, do not despair. The very attacks meant for your harm God can use to display His victory, as the sealing of the tomb only proved the resurrection beyond all doubt.
Yet do not only ask for healing; examine your life. One part of virtue is not enough for salvation. It is not enough to pray, if your mind is soft and unmanly, or if you neglect the careful hearing of God’s word and continual recollection. Fortify yourself with fortitude, contempt of worldly cares, and deliverance from all earthly entanglements. If there is any hidden sin, any foothold given to the enemy, bury it now by confession and repentance, lest you bury a dead soul in the members of Christ and draw down a worse affliction. Often we hear the word ten times and seem insensible, then at the eleventh we bear abundant fruit. So do not grow weary; continue in prayer and the medicine of the Scriptures.
Remember you are not alone. The eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of you, nor the head to the feet. Unite your prayers with the body of the Church. The head is crowned, and the whole body is honored; when one member suffers, all share in supplying what is lacking. Draw near to God as Hannah did, with deep reverence, not with listlessness or frantic display. Her lips moved, but her voice was not heard, and God, who knew her desire before she asked, granted her request in His own time. The seeming silence is no sign of witchcraft’s victory, but of God proving your faith.
Above all, stand on the ground of your sonship. You have received the Spirit of adoption, not a spirit of fear. The curse of the Law is broken; you are not under bondage. Witchcraft has no claim on one who belongs to Christ, unless you give place to it by unbelief or by returning to the ways of the world. Let the sign of the cross be your safeguard, the name of Jesus your tower. Make your very sleeping place a sanctuary with prayer and psalms. And consider that in all spiritual things, the more you draw from the well of grace through faith, the more it increases; you will not be emptied by asking, but filled, and your head shall find rest in the shadow of the Most High.