If I asked you to define the word “EVIL”, what would you say?
Our world, as we know it, is turned upside down! The world I grew up in respected God, country and family. We stood when the American Flag was raised, we started our classes saluting that flag and bowed our heads in prayer before we sat down to study. We respected our elders and stood when they entered the room and offered them our seat. We were taught to love our siblings, to speak to people so they knew they had value. We shook stranger’s hands and looked each other in the eye. We expected truth, not lies. Integrity was a behavior to be valued.
Right and wrong were easy to discern and making the right choice brought benefit and wrong choices came with instant consequence. It was easy…the rules to a life of harmony were attainable. Today, the lines are so blurred, our young people prickle and call it prude! Having had little experience with living outside unkindness and inconsideration, the entitled young people are bogged down with “gimme mine” instead of “how can we make this work”. What is wicked, sinful, malicious and immoral are all neglected terms with little or no relevance to life.
It has been coming for a long time and compromise of truth has found its foothold in our worldview. It used to be we could see it plainly and we just “kept in our lane” and hoped for the best for those around us. Our hope rested in the final “Word” …what did God think about this?” The Word decided it…God said it…I believe it…That settles it!” Be careful how you live. You may be the only Bible some people will ever read!
I read this this week and it resonated with precise certainty.
First we overlook EVIL;
then we permit EVIL;
then we legalize EVIL;
then we promote EVIL;
then we celebrate EVIL!
Our Warning: “Woe to you who call EVIL good and good EVIL”. Isaiah 5: 30
The sequence of our demise is so obvious. What part each of us has played with our compromising life styles, remains to be seen, but the end result is undeniable.
The last stage of EVIL is… then we persecute those who still call it EVIL!
“He did EVIL because he did not set his heart on seeking God.” II Chron. 12: 14
~Jackie Johnson - I am a former tribal missionary to the Kuna Indians on the Colombian border in Central America. Fluent in several languages, my husband and I currently pastor a Spanish-speaking church in Southern California. My passion is mentoring and equipping dedicated young women for life, marriage, motherhood, and beyond. I am the mother of two daughters and the grandmother of three Princesses and four young Knights.
