Evil will not win

 

Since time began bad things have happened to good people. In recent times there have been many that have captured the nation because of their inherent evil;

·         The 9-11 Twin Towers destruction by airplanes

·         The Columbine shootings in Colorado

·         The movie theater shootings, also in Colorado

·         The Sandy Hook massacre.

·         The Boston Marathon bombing

Often many will ask after such incidents, “How can God let something like this happen?”, or “If God is so good, why does He let such things happen?” Many books have been written which try to answer those very questions. People just want to know why bad things happen to good people.

I’m just a blue collar guy with no extensive education, particularly of a biblical or spiritual nature. But, never in any of my reading have I ever found anything to suggest that God stops all evil. I don’t think there would be very many of us who wouldn’t call any of the above events anything but evil based. I personally think evil based events like the above are a test of our individual resolve. Will they shake our faith in the Lord, or won’t they?

I do know this—based on the fact that history always seems to repeat itself;

1.    Tragic events of a horrific nature will always occur sometime as long as there are people.

2.    There are always some purely evil people in the world.

3.    No legal or preventative measures will ever stop evil events from happening.

4.    Evil nature in mankind cannot be legislated or controlled by mankind.

Whenever evil such as the above occurs we really have only one clear choice to make:

 We can overcome evil, or we will let evil win.

By cowering in the face of evil, it wins. By our standing tall and believing that God is mightier than all evil in the world, evil will not win.

Bottom Line Thought: Do horrific and major evil events shake your faith in God? Do you start to question your faith in those times?