Evil always wins in this world. That is why Jesus spoke to the simple people of the world; those that had no real interest in worldly power. What they had was ears to hear.

The older I get, the more I see the truth of how this world operates and how Jesus spoke to the few gathered around him. He was not concerned with the worldly, but with those that yearned for truth and the truth is not interested in worldly power.

Sit with Him awhile in your heart and remember how He predicted the evils we are experiencing today. Read the Book of John, my favorite of the Gospels.

If you are thinking that surely goodness will win if we just try harder, you are mistaken. Everything has already happened and is simply revealed by the Word.

Jesus knew He was going to be crucified and he warned those around Him about it, so they would realize after his death that he had told them in advance. He wanted them to stay awake, but they couldn’t. He knew this, too.

All of us are asleep; that is the way of the world. It is a world in which evil wins. Awakening is for the few. “Straight is the way and narrow is the gate and few there be that enter in.”

Just make some time this weekend to sit with the truth of your being, for it is only in this way that we can overcome the world of our own minds.

Evil in this world is now playing out in the human scene and it cannot be stopped. The only possible thing that we can do is surrender to the God within. In that surrender, peace will be found. That peace is not given to those in power, for they must always be looking over their shoulders.

Wisdom is unassailable; it cannot be touched by the impure. Thank God for that.

Vicki Woodyard