"…familiar spirits and wizards that peep and mutter…"

[JoanneF]

“And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God?” (Isa.8:19)

From Webster’s 1828 Dictionary:
Seek – to look for; to search for by going from place to place.
Peep – to begin to appear or come forth from concealment.
Mutter – to utter with sullenness; to complain; to grumble; to murmur.

I would never go to a fortune-teller, spiritualist, or use Ouija board, so I asked myself “what is the familiar spirit or wizard that might peep or mutter to me?” A “familiar spirit” might be a position outgrown that is tempting me to go back to it; or any whispering, downward thought I might accept as my own; perhaps a temptation to rely on medicine or drugs, or listen to the advice of doctors (wizards), or turn to alcohol or mindless social amusements for escape. A “wizard” is anything that would enchant or beguile me. It often comes first as a minor discontent or grumbling, a murmuring complaint about something, and then a lapse into discouragement, sullenness, or resentment. It’s all animal magnetism – no power, no place, no thing. My only saving grace is to seek God – to know that God is my mind, the only Mind, and any other “muttering” or “peeping” is without power, cause, influence or truth.
What a powerful Lesson-Sermon this is. Thank you, lesson writer!

[BarbaraW]

What a powerful post. Wow! So very helpful!

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