Destiny Empowerment Daily Devotional (13th December 2023)

by Sunday Akanni

TOPIC: Humiliating Evil (Part 1)

We know that we are God’s children and that the whole world lies under the misery and influence of the Evil One. 1 John 5:19 TPT

*Message*

Philosophers should be familiar with something called "The Problem Of Evil". It is simply an interest in reconciling how God, who is all-knowing, all-powerful, and all-good, would allow the world to keep languishing in misery, pain, suffering, and anything negative you can know of.

Truthfully, we can't deny the fact that there is a lot of suffering and chaos in our world. Each hour, an evil occurrence is likely to have happened somewhere in the world. There are lots of crimes, people losing a loved one, tragic events, etc. All of this unpleasant stuff keeps breaking the hearts of many people, making several angry with God. But then, is it really God's fault?

Let's briefly see certain things that pertain to evil, utilizing the scriptures both as a guide and a tutor. First, what brought about evil in the first place?

*In the Book of Genesis, after God created all things, it was glaring that the LORD never desired His creation to experience anything that resembled evil. Actually, evil came about when Lucifer, the beautifully-created archangel, chose to rebel against God (read Isaiah 14:12-23).*

From the very moment he contemplated such a rebellious act, he was transformed into Evil, and he became the devil - evil personified, which explained why he was continually referred to as the 'evil one' in various parts of the scriptures (Matthew 5:37, Matthew 6:13, Matthew 13:38, Luke 11:4, John 17:15, Ephesians 6:16, 2 Thessalonians 3:3, 1 John 2:13, 1 John 5:18).

After Lucifer transformed himself into Evil, he was chased from Heaven and was thrown into the Earth realm (Revelations chapter 14), prompting an Angel to pitifully lament how ugly the fate of the world would thereafter be: ".... woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in great wrath...." (Revelation 14:12).

*Prayer*
Pray for global peace and pleasantness.

*Further Reading*
Abstain from every form of evil. I Thessalonians 5:22

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