Breaking Curses from People
Breaking Curses from People: No. 3 Source of Curses
Deliverance from people's curses (breaking curses from people)
“Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest,” Proverbs 26:2.
People are scared (including some believers) when someone outwardly proclaims words of doom against them. It's like the other person has bewitched them with his/her words. Other people's words seem like they have unrestricted power in the heavens.
Some people even respond appropriately to strange letters or emails they receive warning them of consequences if they don't follow the instructions. With the advent of the internet these letters are now more outrageous. And some people respond to them. It shows you how people are scared of what others say.
Curses from people are the least effectual among all the three curses. The most effectual or having the most entitlement are curses from God, followed by self-inflected curses.
At a drop of a hat (i.e. for the slightest reason) people would pronounce negative words on themselves without any concern yet when people say it against them they think disaster is coming. We ought to be more watchful about what we say regarding ourselves than minding about what people say against us.
Above all we ought to be more watchful about our walk with God. Our walk with God is what gives us spiritual immunity from what people say or do against us. It also unchains us from words of doom we may have uttered carelessly.
“Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest,” Proverbs 26:2. An undeserved curse no matter where it's from cannot rest or settle on an innocent person. It would be a violation of God's spiritual laws if it did.
So there is no need for a believer to worry about coming under a generational curse by being born in a certain family, coming under a territorial curse by living in a certain neighborhood or region, coming under a soul tie curse from previously repented sexual sins, and so on.
As for people who may curse us by speaking evil against us the scripture is more than clear here. “They may curse, but you will bless; when they attack they will be put to shame, but your servant will rejoice. My accusers will be clothed with disgrace and wrapped in shame as in a cloak,” Psalm 109:28-29.
It may not work out exactly the way we envision over our opponents. However we are not to be concerned that their words will have any effect on us. God will ensure no undeserving curse reaches us.
“Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest,” Proverbs 26:2. There are no exceptions. Even curses from witches, voodoo curses, curses from people in the occult have no legal power over a Christian.
Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology says, “The curse is totally under Yahweh's control. It is his power, not magical forces, which brings about the curse. His sovereign decision alone decides who merits being cursed (1 Kings 8:31-32). He cannot be forced into action by proper wording or ritual. Thus a curse could not be used capriciously as a weapon against one's personal enemies.”
In one biblical example, Balak, a son of a Moabite king tried to seek protection for his kingdom by means of sorcery or witchcraft. The Israelites, under Moses, were taking over one territory after another. The Moabites knew they were next and had heard the miraculous conquests of the Israelites. Not a good story about wiping out other ethnic groups in our New Testament Christian era where God loves all people and wants all to be saved.
Balak knew sorcery from his own Moabite people would have no effect against the Israelites. So he sought for an Israelite who would put a curse on his own people, that is, would seek the Israelite God in cursing the Israelites. Balaam, an Israelite prophet was given a huge amount of money called a “fee for divination,” (Numbers 22: 7). It could have been millions of dollars worth in our day.
It appears that Balaam somehow wanted the fortunes. He knew the Israelites were God's people and could not be cursed. But he kept looking for a way for God to bend the rules. The Lord showed him in miraculous ways, including having his donkey speak to him, that his cursing attempts would not prosper.
In the final stages of the cursing attempts Balaam told Balak, “God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill? I have received a command to bless; he has blessed, and I cannot change it .” Numbers 23:19-20.
The same is true over Christians, spiritual Israelites through Christ. Balaam confessed about his fellow Israelites, “God brought them out of Egypt; they have the strength of a wild ox. There is no sorcery against Jacob, no divination against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and of Israel, `See what God has done!'” Numbers 23:22-23.
In applying the above passage to Christians we can say, “God brought them out of their Egypt, a bondage to sin that goes back to Adam. They are now saved through Christ who purchased them through his blood. They are now under God's blessing, not the curse of the law nor any other curse.
“There is no sorcery, no divination, not occult curse, no involuntary curse, no territorial curse, no generational curse, no satanic curse, no demonic curse, no witch curse, no voodoo curse, nor any other curse against those whose sins are under the blood of Jesus and are children of God.”
We do not have any business to speak to demons or evil spirits about our freedom in Christ. It speaks for itself and whatever any evil spirits or human agents attempt against us will not prosper. Our Christian faith is God-centric not Satan-centric and Christ-centered, not demon-centered. Applying our God-centered Christian disciplines of walking in obedience, prayerfulness, love, charity, faith, and so on, is what enables God to deal with adversarial matters in the realm of the spirit.
It's God's business to be preoccupied with what's going on in the spirit realm. It's our business to ensure we're doing our part of effectively walking with God so that he's able to fight on our behalf the unseen battles against us. Thus we're to be preoccupied with God and his business, not with what demons are up to. My book on spiritual warfare has more info on how our walk with God through our Christian disciplines work as indirect weapons against all evil. The book is titled Major Spiritual Warfare Principles: Biblical Do's and Don'ts of Warfare .
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