About affirming Jesus when evil strikes….
Psalm 85: 4 Restore us again, O God our Savior, and put away your displeasure
toward us. 5 Will you be angry with us forever? Will you prolong your anger
through all generations? 6 Will you not revive us again, that your people may
rejoice in you? 7 Show us your unfailing love, O LORD, and grant us your
salvation. (NIV)
When evil strikes, one of the last things most people think to do is to
affirm Jesus. For when evil strikes, the purpose of evil is to get you to doubt,
to wonder if Jesus is or was real, to question the existence of God, and to
affirm you do not know what you believe. However, when evil strikes, you must
remember in the ministry of Christ, evil tried to destroy Him at the beginning
of His ministry and fomented evil ideas in the minds of leaders and rulers
during His ministry. Finally, at the end of our Lord's earthly life, evil struck
one last horrible blow by torturing and crucifying our Lord. So it isn't as if
Jesus does not know about you and about your life when evil strikes. He knows
all too well what life is like in the depths of your despair when evil comes
against you. However, Jesus came back. Jesus overcame. Jesus won out. The reason
Jesus endured the pain and suffering He endured is so you too can come back, so
you too can win out, so you too can overcome every kind of evil. The reason
Jesus suffered and died such a horrible death is so you too can overcome every
kind of suffering, and so you too can overcome every kind of torture,
persecution, and pain. You can overcome by affirming Him who overcame. You can
win by affirming Him who won. You can find eternity by affirming Him who can
lead you into His Heaven that is eternal.
