Romans 12:21 – “Be not (that means don’t) overcome (defeated, distracted, discouraged) by evil, but (so instead do this) overcome evil with good.

Good morning.   I am praying for each of you that your day will overflow with divine wisdom and that divine encounters will lead you to new victories today and beyond.

As I read, prayed, pondered, and contemplated the Word, a question I have encountered many times resurfaced.  That question, “Why do good people suffer?”  As I prayed and mused on that, I thought, that’s the wrong question.   I believe that that question accuses God.  The better question is, why don’t more good people endure trials? 

Jesus and the apostles taught that God’s people are targets of the enemy and will encounter difficulties.

Romans 12:21 – “Be not (that means don’t) overcome (defeated, distracted, discouraged) by evil, but (so instead do this) overcome evil with good.”

Romans 14:7-8 – “For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself.  8 For whether we live, we live to our Lord; and whether we die we die to our Lord; whether we live therefore, or die, we belong to our Lord.”

We must remind ourselves that troubles are not evidence of God’s disfavor.   They should be examined to determine our heart’s condition and then used to testify of God’s goodness, grace, and love. Remember what James said—trials increase patience, and patience produces spiritual maturity. In that condition and position, we live without lack because we Trust God and know that He never fails.

Jesus is the one who has crushed the devil, but now He wants to make Romans 16:20 a present reality in your life.  “The God of peace WILL soon crush satan under your feet.”   You have power and authority over the devil; use it.  Like Job, Paul, and the great cloud of witnesses demonstrate that you do not allow trouble and trial to hinder you.  You are Victorious.  Live like it!  Talk like it!  Believe like it!

Be Who He Says You Are!