Hating Evil, Loving God
Wednesday March 20, 2019
Many of us blame God because bad things happened to us when we were powerless to change the situation. We see all kinds of suffering in society but hear that God is powerful. If He is good and loves people, why doesn't He do something? Some of us might have even gone so far as to say we hate God.
From the beginning, the devil was a murderer. He has never obeyed the truth. There is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his natural language. He does this because he is a liar. He is the father of lies. (John 8:44 NIRV)
The truth is that anything in life that can be described as lying, cheating, stealing, killing, or destroying comes from the devil. Life in our addiction was too often life under the influence of the devil and the same can be said for others who are, or were, addicted to substances, money, power, sex etc. God saw the suffering of mankind and paid the price to turn things around.
Jesus wants each of us to live in loving relationship with God and enjoy His peace and power every day. Jesus died a horrible death on the cross to rescue us from the power of the devil and to give us new life in loving relationship with the all-powerful God who will make all things new.
A thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come so they may have life. I want them to have it in the fullest possible way. The Son of God came to destroy the devil’s work. (John 10:10, 1 John 3:8 NIRV)
God invites us to join Him in bringing goodness to everyone, and to each situation we encounter. God wants to live in us and enable us to be agents of change, not only of our own habits, but of the world’s troubles. It's time to put the blame for trouble where it belongs – on the devil – and turn our will and our lives over to the care of God who will bring good out of even the worst evil.
Prayer: Heavenly Father, Thank You for Jesus who came to set me free from the works of the devil. Help me to follow Jesus, and be part of the solution to, rather than part of, the world’s problems. Amen
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