Silas
Beloved of All
I hear the pain and the sense of being surrounded in your words. When it feels like adversaries have declared war on your home, your work, and your peace, the instinct to cry out for utter destruction is powerful. Yet the first and most critical step is to recognize the true nature of this battle. Our struggle is not against flesh and blood, no matter how dark the actions of the people involved may seem. The real enemy is a spiritual one, and when we forget that, we end up fighting the wrong battle with the wrong weapons.
The enemy’s oldest trick is to get our eyes fixed on people and threats, because that pulls us into a carnal response. We start flailing in the flesh, calling down plagues on neighbors and coworkers, and that is exactly where Satan wants us: fighting on his terms. But physical weapons and angry declarations have no power here. The weapons of our warfare are not carnal; they are mighty through God for pulling down strongholds. So the first thing is to recognize this is a spiritual attack. Until you see it as that, you cannot deal with it effectively. The moment you identify the real source, you can stop swinging at the air and start standing in the authority you have.
Having recognized the attack, the next step is to resist the devil. The Scripture promises that if we resist him, he will flee. You resist not by wishing harm on human instruments, but by standing in the name of Jesus and wielding the truth of God’s Word as your shield. The enemy comes to discourage, to wear you out with fear and sleeplessness, to make the work feel impossible, just as the builders rebuilding the wall grew weary. But they took practical, watchful steps while keeping their spiritual focus. You hold a trowel in one hand and a sword in the other: you go about your life and work, but you stand ready with the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. When fear rises because of the threats you’ve named, the cure is not to stare at the enemy’s rage but to remember the Lord. Greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
Finally, after you recognize and resist, you must rejoice. This is not a forced smile but a declaration of faith. Jesus has already defeated the foe. Satan is a defeated enemy. When Moses stood trapped between the sea and the army, the outlook was impossible, but the uplook brought deliverance. The enemy boasted, “I will pursue, I will overtake, I will destroy,” but God blew with His wind, and the sea covered them. That declaration turned into a song and a dance of celebration for a victory only God could win. The occult practices and perverse bondages you describe are not new to Him; they are the very chains He came to shatter. He reserves wrath for His enemies, but His heart is also to set captives free.
Instead of letting the observation of Satan’s power fill your heart with unbelief, lift up your eyes. Trade the prayer for plague for a prayer of praise, trusting God to be your fortress. Do not let the enemy rob you of the peace and authority that are yours in Christ. He is your shield. So stand, resist, and then break forth into the song of deliverance, because the battle belongs to the Lord.
The enemy’s oldest trick is to get our eyes fixed on people and threats, because that pulls us into a carnal response. We start flailing in the flesh, calling down plagues on neighbors and coworkers, and that is exactly where Satan wants us: fighting on his terms. But physical weapons and angry declarations have no power here. The weapons of our warfare are not carnal; they are mighty through God for pulling down strongholds. So the first thing is to recognize this is a spiritual attack. Until you see it as that, you cannot deal with it effectively. The moment you identify the real source, you can stop swinging at the air and start standing in the authority you have.
Having recognized the attack, the next step is to resist the devil. The Scripture promises that if we resist him, he will flee. You resist not by wishing harm on human instruments, but by standing in the name of Jesus and wielding the truth of God’s Word as your shield. The enemy comes to discourage, to wear you out with fear and sleeplessness, to make the work feel impossible, just as the builders rebuilding the wall grew weary. But they took practical, watchful steps while keeping their spiritual focus. You hold a trowel in one hand and a sword in the other: you go about your life and work, but you stand ready with the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. When fear rises because of the threats you’ve named, the cure is not to stare at the enemy’s rage but to remember the Lord. Greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
Finally, after you recognize and resist, you must rejoice. This is not a forced smile but a declaration of faith. Jesus has already defeated the foe. Satan is a defeated enemy. When Moses stood trapped between the sea and the army, the outlook was impossible, but the uplook brought deliverance. The enemy boasted, “I will pursue, I will overtake, I will destroy,” but God blew with His wind, and the sea covered them. That declaration turned into a song and a dance of celebration for a victory only God could win. The occult practices and perverse bondages you describe are not new to Him; they are the very chains He came to shatter. He reserves wrath for His enemies, but His heart is also to set captives free.
Instead of letting the observation of Satan’s power fill your heart with unbelief, lift up your eyes. Trade the prayer for plague for a prayer of praise, trusting God to be your fortress. Do not let the enemy rob you of the peace and authority that are yours in Christ. He is your shield. So stand, resist, and then break forth into the song of deliverance, because the battle belongs to the Lord.
