“First, we overlook evil
Then we permit evil
Then we legalize evil
Then we promote evil
Then we celebrate evil
Then we persecute those who still call it evil!”
Woe to them who call evil good, and good evil. Isa. 5:20a
Life is simply a stewardship, not an ownership; a trust, not a gift. With a gift you may do as you please, but with a trust you must give an account. Ephesians 2:10 One day we will be called upon to view evil, as God sees it!
Wickedness in all its forms seems to dominate the culture on every level. Instead of seeing trials and conflict serving as a continual process to personal growth, they are seen as an interruption to our walk because we refuse to view them through humility and His divine purpose.
J.P. Phillips once wrote, “The real danger to professing Christians lies not in the more glaring and grosser evils but in the slow deterioration of vision, a slow death to daring courage and willingness to adventure.” The adventure referred to here is in the context of our daring to stand alone against the throes of evil, in a world that is fraught with lies and deceit.
Accepting truth with humility is a lost art! Self-defense, self-esteem and rationalization are the resources used to confront conflict. Our homes, children, communities…all of life is consumed by it. Hence, evil takes control and prevails, with division, divorce and destruction. All in Satan’s plan to steal, kill and destroy us.
Our challenge for our sake and the sake of our children, who are stepping into the print we leave behind, is to step up to the plate of maturity and receive “the meat” of His Word and respond to life’s situations from God’s point of view and act in harmony with it!
In these days of uncertainty, “we renounce secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the Word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God.”
God’s Word calls Evil out…
How often do you get in God’s Word?
Is His Word dwelling richly in you?
~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.
