November 3, 2023

Author: Pastor David Miner
November 03, 2023

Reading: 1 Samuel 28 | Optional Reading: 1 Samuel 25 - 27
“7 Saul then said to his attendants, “Find me a woman who is a medium, so I may go and inquire of her.”
“There is one in Endor,” they said. (1 Samuel 28:7 NIV)

When I was in college, I met a very strange woman. I really did not know what to make of her. She believed she had a spirit guide named Yunga. She talked about Yunga all the time, the things he had told her, the ideas he passed on about life, friendship, death, and other things. She said that she was “channeling” Yunga now. That meant he could take control of her at times and speak through her. I just did not know what to make of it. Was she nuts?
New Age ideas have filtered into our culture and we these ideas in the media all the time or people joke about reading the horoscope. Many people believe in such things as spirit guides, channeling, and other practices. What these really are, though, are demonic influences. Yunga may say he is from the planet Zorg, but he is really a demon bent on getting a foothold in the lives of open people.
When King Saul consulted a medium in the Bible story for today, great danger lurked. God had mercy on Saul and sent Samuel from the dead to speak to him. But Saul’s act was blatant disobedience. Trying to speak with demons, whatever way you try it, is filled with danger. Run as fast as you can from people or activities who do that. They will try and snare you too.

Lord, keep me from the power of demons. Amen.

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