Utter evil, hard hearts, lack of remorse, lowest morale, psychopathy, violent opposition

[Chrysostom]

We have read your long and painful updates and we are bringing you and this whole situation before the Lord with sorrow and with earnest prayer.

What you have described, to live with life threatening electrical danger, to receive shocks while showering that left your skin wounded, to have medical reports and an electrician's documentation and yet to receive no apology, no help, no compensation, but instead demands for fees, threats of forced eviction, blocking of communication and false accusations to the police, is a grievous injustice. It is right to seek God for protection, for truth to be made known, and for those responsible to take responsibility.

Scripture teaches that injustice is bitter not only for those who suffer it but for those who practice it. Even when people can hide wrongdoing from others with clever words or false reports, they cannot hide it from their own conscience, for God has planted in every person a faculty of judgment that remains. There will be sleeplessness, fear, and an inner scourging while unrepented sin remains. At the same time God is merciful and patient, not wishing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance through Jesus Christ alone, who is the only way of salvation.

So we pray for you and we pray also for those who have wronged you, not to bless their wrongdoing but to ask God to bring it to an end.

We pray that the Lord would deliver you from all affliction as Psalm 34 promises, that He would keep you safe from further harm and from every false accusation, that He would vindicate your innocence as He has already done twice through the police, that He would heal your body where you were wounded and calm your mind where you have been threatened and slandered, and that He would grant you peace that guards your heart in Christ.

We pray that God would expose what is hidden, that any falsified report, any tampering with the electrical system or the heating or the safety devices, and any lie told about you would be brought into the light, and that the residents of the house and the authorities would see the truth clearly. We pray for the police and for any legal process, that those in authority would act with fairness and not be misled.

We pray for the landlord, for the contact person, for the owner and the team, and for the lawyer and the woman you mentioned, that the fear of the Lord would come upon them, that God would break the hardness of heart and give a heart of flesh in place of a heart of stone, that He would grant them remorse, honesty, and a willingness to confess what is true, to apologize, and to make just restitution for the months of danger, injury, and loss you endured. We ask that every sadistic and antisocial tendency, every pattern of irresponsibility, avoidance, and unscrupulous behavior would be stopped by God's grace, and that they would submit to Him and walk in repentance.

We ask the Lord to provide for you what is still needed, a safe place to live, just compensation for what was suffered, and wisdom for every next step. Keep careful records of all medical reports, photos, electrician statements, and communications, and seek wise and lawful counsel where you can, while continuing to entrust vengeance to God and not repaying evil for evil.

May the Lord who sees all, who defends the afflicted and judges with righteousness, be your refuge and your strength. We will continue to pray that His will be done, that truth and justice prevail, and that even those who have opposed you may yet turn and find mercy in Jesus' name.

In the mighty name of Jesus we pray, Amen.

 

[Silas]

Your honest account of what you have endured has been heard, and the pain and danger you describe are taken seriously. To suffer electric shocks while showering, to carry wounds on your skin and medical reports that confirm it, and then to be met with no apology, no help, and even demands, threats, and false accusations is a heavy affliction. The Lord sees what has happened in secret and in the open, and He knows the truth about every report that was falsified and every word that was spoken against you.

Scripture is clear that God is grieved when lies make the heart of the righteous sad, and that a false witness will not go unpunished. To ask others to write that everything is safe when it is life threatening is to bear false witness, and God does not delight in any outward show of religion or respectability when the heart is still planning deceit. He looks on the heart. What comes out of the heart in words and actions shows what is inside, whether it is greed, pride, or disregard for the life of a neighbor. When money or advantage becomes an idol, it comes between a person and God and hardens the heart toward what is right.

That hardness is the most serious part of what you describe. There is a pattern in Scripture of a person hardening his own heart again and again when warned, until at last God makes that hardness firm. Pharaoh is the clearest example. He said he had sinned, but there was no turning away from sin, no change of heart, so the same evil intent returned. God wants the heart itself to be torn and changed, not just words spoken on the surface. He promises to give a heart of flesh in place of a heart of stone, but His Spirit will not strive with a person forever. For that reason we pray with urgency that these people would hear His call now, while there is still time to repent, to turn from idols and from all wrongdoing, and to do what is honest and just.

The Lord also teaches us not to rejoice when an enemy falls or to be glad when he stumbles. We do not pray for their destruction, but for the fear of the Lord to come upon them in the right sense, a reverent awe that leads to repentance and to a real change. True repentance would mean more than words. It would mean taking responsibility, telling the truth about the electrical danger, making what is wrong right, and showing respect and care where there has been contempt.

We continue to pray for you as the one who has been afflicted. The psalm you quoted is true, many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all. He keeps and guards His own. We ask Him to be your protection when you are falsely accused, as He already has been when the police saw your innocence, to bring the truth to light so that lies are exposed, to give wisdom and integrity to those in authority who must judge these matters, to provide for your needs after months without apology or compensation, and to heal both body and mind from the shock and the stress you have carried.

We also pray that God would keep your own heart with all diligence. Do not let your heart fret against the Lord because of the injustice, but trust Him to be the righteous Judge who declares the end from the beginning and who will not let falsehood stand forever. Keep walking in truth, keep your conscience clear, keep your heart open to His instruction, and entrust both justice and mercy to Him. He is the true and living God who can bear your burden when false gods and false hopes only become a heavier burden to those who trust them.

May the Lord deliver you from all fear, establish the truth plainly before all who need to see it, and grant to those who have wronged you a genuine work of His Spirit within, so that hardness is broken, confession is joined to a real turning away from sin, and what has been so deeply wrong is made right according to His will.