Christian Reflection and Prayer

Scripture:
"Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with
good." - Romans 12:21

Reflection:

There are two simple truths that I believe I should live
by. One is that I can, and should, overcome evil with
good. And the other truth is that my faith can get me
through anything I need to overcome. So if I have faith
good things will happen!

I think it's interesting that people have such different
reactions to the word "evil". To many people the word
evil is rather archaic and it conjures up all kinds of
definitions. Some people believe that evil is too
subjective to talk about, what evil is for one person is
not evil to another. Some people just think it's a silly
word and therefore they don't want to deal with it.

I'm kind of a bottom line person and to me there is a
bottom line here, and that is when you strip it all down
and get beyond all the various definitions, there is evil
 in this world and in our lives. You see I think evil thrives
when we do not care about other people. I think evil
flourishes when we put our faith and trust in the world
and not in God. I think that evil gains strength when we
don't care, the favorite byproduct of evil is apathy.
Evil surrounds me every day it is constantly trying to
gain power over me.

Where does all this evil come from, I believe evil comes
from Satan. There I said it, I can hear it now, "is this guy
an idiot he actually believes in the devil". "This man is
supposed to be an educated person, he is supposed to
be fairly bright, and he's telling me he believes in this
mystical being called Satan". "Next he'll be telling me the
devil made him do it". Well I do believe in Satan I believe
he is alive and well and he is constantly at work in our world.
I believe that I look at the power of evil a little differently
than most people. I really do believe that the strongest
weapon of Satan is apathy which gives power to evil.
The more apathetic, the more people don't care, the
stronger evil gets. I think it's evil to be apathetic, I think
it's evil not to care.

Just as there's evil in the world, there is goodness.
And I earnestly believe with all my heart that true
goodness comes from God. Satan is evil, God is good,
that's my bottom line. My faith comes from God! My
caring and service to others comes from my faith in
Jesus Christ. When I have this faith "absolutely",
good things happen.

HAVE FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST, CARE FOR OTHERS,
AND GOOD THINGS HAPPEN!