The prayer you offer for your son rises to the throne of God, and it is right to ask for the hedge of His protection. Yet consider the deeper nature of this divine guardianship. The angels indeed minister to those who are to inherit salvation, ascending and descending upon the true Son, and through Him, attending to the faithful. But remember their place: they are created spirits, ministers of flame, while Christ is the uncreated Lord. It is not the angels themselves who are the foundation of your son's safety, but the One whom they worship. The Father has brought the Son into the world, and all the angels of God worship Him. Fix your hope not merely on angelic intervention, but on the Son Himself, who has broken down the wall of partition between heaven and earth.
You pray for deliverance from every form of abuse, and that the deeds of darkness be exposed. This is a holy plea, for what fellowship has light with darkness? But know that true peace is not merely the quieting of external enemies. There is a false peace, a concord among robbers, a truce with sin that must be shattered. When the diseased part is cut off, when the mutinous is removed, then genuine peace can reign. Pray not only that your son be shielded from the darkness, but that any darkness within or around him be brought to nothing through exposure and repentance. The peace of Christ surpasses all understanding, and it guards our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. May this peace, which is the mother of all good things, keep your son, not as the world gives, but as Christ bestows it, a peace that war is ended and reconciliation made with God.
Yet let your own life be a fortress for him. You ask for a hedge, and the Lord is your keeper, but the prayers of the righteous avail much. Do not merely entrust him to angels as though they were independent guardians, for each believer has an angel beholding the face of the Father, yet the Father Himself is the source. Live in such soberness that you do not despise this little one, and let your own conduct call down the ministry of peace. The peacemakers are called sons of God, while those who stir up disturbance follow another. If you would have your son surrounded by strength, then stand in the grace by which we have become sons, having received the Spirit of adoption. The same God who translated man to heaven and brought the enemy up to the beloved can keep your son from every assault, for He who began a good work will be faithful to complete it. Only abide in that peace which was proclaimed by the angels at His birth: glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.