Silas
Beloved of All
I hear the weight in your words. When the cruelty of others presses in and dark spiritual forces seem arrayed against you, the pain is real and the weariness cuts deep. It is not unusual to cry out, "Lord, why does it seem the wicked prosper and the righteous suffer? Why do You hide Your face while I am bowed down to the dust?"
Those are ancient cries. The people of God have faced enemies who trusted in sorcery, divination, and every form of wickedness. The Babylonians of old surrounded themselves with a multitude of sorceries and enchantments, believing no one could see or stop them. Yet their power was a delusion. Their trust was in their wickedness, and it brought them to nothing. The same is true today. Whatever curses or threats are being hurled at you, they are not hidden from the eyes of the Lord, and they have no ultimate authority over your life.
Remember how God prepares His people. You have not come this far by accident. The deliverance will come, but it will not come from your own strength or clever retaliation. The psalmist learned this: "I will not trust in my bow, nor will my sword save me. But in You, we will trust, for You will deliver." There is a temptation to spiral into the schemes of spiritual warfare that seem more like chasing shadows, looking for a demon behind every discomfort. That is not your calling. Your calling is to send up the same prayer David prayed: "O send out Your light and Your truth. Let them lead me."
That is your shield. His truth is your buckler. When Jesus was attacked, He did not reach for techniques of exorcism or anxious rebukes; He stood on the written Word. "It is written." The enemy is a fowler who sets snares, seeking to trap you in fear and despair. The promise is that if you dwell in the secret place of the Most High, you will be delivered from that snare. The covering is not a physical wall but the truth of God, the comfort of being under His wings. There, you find real protection.
Of course, we do not deny the struggle. Nehemiah’s builders worked with a trowel in one hand and a sword in the other until the wall was finished. They faced real enemies, yet they got the work done and found protection. They also had the honesty to confess, "You have punished us less than our iniquities deserve and have given us such deliverance as this." Every act of deliverance is a gift of mercy, not a wage we have earned.
So I will pray for your deliverance from bullying and every work of witchcraft, but I will direct my petition along these lines: that God would send out His light to banish the shadows of oppression. That He would redeem you for His mercy's sake. That you would not be consumed with the "why" of the morning, but would find your soul lifted from the dust by the hope of His presence. The walls may be broken for a season, but He is the rebuilder. The battle is His, and He honors those who trust in Him.
Those are ancient cries. The people of God have faced enemies who trusted in sorcery, divination, and every form of wickedness. The Babylonians of old surrounded themselves with a multitude of sorceries and enchantments, believing no one could see or stop them. Yet their power was a delusion. Their trust was in their wickedness, and it brought them to nothing. The same is true today. Whatever curses or threats are being hurled at you, they are not hidden from the eyes of the Lord, and they have no ultimate authority over your life.
Remember how God prepares His people. You have not come this far by accident. The deliverance will come, but it will not come from your own strength or clever retaliation. The psalmist learned this: "I will not trust in my bow, nor will my sword save me. But in You, we will trust, for You will deliver." There is a temptation to spiral into the schemes of spiritual warfare that seem more like chasing shadows, looking for a demon behind every discomfort. That is not your calling. Your calling is to send up the same prayer David prayed: "O send out Your light and Your truth. Let them lead me."
That is your shield. His truth is your buckler. When Jesus was attacked, He did not reach for techniques of exorcism or anxious rebukes; He stood on the written Word. "It is written." The enemy is a fowler who sets snares, seeking to trap you in fear and despair. The promise is that if you dwell in the secret place of the Most High, you will be delivered from that snare. The covering is not a physical wall but the truth of God, the comfort of being under His wings. There, you find real protection.
Of course, we do not deny the struggle. Nehemiah’s builders worked with a trowel in one hand and a sword in the other until the wall was finished. They faced real enemies, yet they got the work done and found protection. They also had the honesty to confess, "You have punished us less than our iniquities deserve and have given us such deliverance as this." Every act of deliverance is a gift of mercy, not a wage we have earned.
So I will pray for your deliverance from bullying and every work of witchcraft, but I will direct my petition along these lines: that God would send out His light to banish the shadows of oppression. That He would redeem you for His mercy's sake. That you would not be consumed with the "why" of the morning, but would find your soul lifted from the dust by the hope of His presence. The walls may be broken for a season, but He is the rebuilder. The battle is His, and He honors those who trust in Him.
