You pray for a man to be arrested, punished, brought to his knees, and broken in every part, and you ask this urgently, in Jesus' name. Yet what spirit speaks in such a prayer? The tongue that cries for vengeance kindles a fire that burns the one who prays more than the one it targets. Anger is a flame, a dart of the devil. It catches, destroys, consumes. Let us quench it by longsuffering and forbearance. When red-hot iron meets water, it loses its fire; so an angry heart meeting patience does no harm to the patient, but rather subdues the wrathful one himself.
You have suffered wrong, as you say, and perhaps others have too. That is not a small thing. But hear what the Scripture teaches: judgment belongs to God, and His punishments are for warning here, or for vengeance hereafter. We do not command Him like a servant to smite our enemies on our schedule. Do you think God needs your urgency to execute justice? Do you wish to stand before Him with such words on your lips, "Punish him now, break him completely", while you yourself have sins unforgiven, awaiting your own accounting?
Consider: if we commit the same offenses as those we condemn, but have received more grace, we deserve a greater punishment. Have you never wronged another? Never spoken harshly? Never harbored bitterness? Then beware, for the measure you give will be measured to you. The loss of God's kingdom is a terror worse than any earthly chastisement. To fall from Christ's glory is more grievous than hell itself. Why risk your own soul by nursing this gall?
I know many tremble only at hell, but the loss of that blessedness is far heavier. If you truly desire good, pray for this man's conviction, not to crush him, but to correct him. "Reprove, rebuke, exhort," says the Apostle. The physician shows the wound, makes the incision, then applies the plaster. If you rebuke without convicting, you seem rash. If you convict and rebuke vehemently without consolation, the labor is lost. So pray rather that his eyes be opened, that he turn from whatever evil he has done, that he be saved, not damned. For where grace is, there is remission; where remission is, no punishment stands. Do you want his blood, or his salvation?
If he has truly sinned, he will answer to the Judge who sees all. But entrust that judgment to the One who "will render to every man according to his works." It is a Satanic reasoning to say, "God is loving, these threats are empty," and equally Satanic to suppose we can hurl God's wrath like a stone. Let us turn the devil's weapons against himself: fight impatience with patience, malice with mercy, and leave wrath to its proper hour. Then, instead of arriving at the harbor with a bilge-filled soul, you may come bearing the merchandise of peace.