I am told on a regular basis, “Write something that makes us feel good.” I understand that we want to live in comfort, where we gravitate toward information that allows us to relax and enjoy life, and it’s wonderful to train our mind to be a positive thinker.
However, in our quest to live in “happy land,” there are also difficult realities whether we choose to accept them or not. In Hebrews 4:12, God’s Word is described as a two-edged sword that has the power and wisdom to know all things, including our conscience. We are called to praise him not only in the good times of blessing and peace, but also to humble ourselves and submit to him in situations we would rather not think about or deal with.
Billy HollandHumanity has always been gullible to confusing evil with good because our old human nature loves to justify and excuse our guilt. Adam and Eve were the original pioneers of agreeing with Satan and did not hesitate to defend and justify their disobedience.
Since then, this world has drifted so far from the shores of honesty, it can hardly see land and still remains in denial about the danger. Is it any surprise that most of the world is still trying to blame others for their own decisions?
When the compass of God’s truth is thrown overboard and guidance is left up to those who are spiritually blind, there are going to be serious problems. If evil were not made to appear good, there would be no such thing as temptation or deception. And allow me to add that when people are more concerned with being politically correct than obedient to God, we can guarantee that society is destined for failure. “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil; who put darkness for light and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter” Isaiah 5:20.