Evil is a Spiritual Problem

The last several weeks have brought unconscionable pain. 

The sociological and psychological reasons vary. 

The common thread is evil. 

We can’t wrap our heads around what’s happening because we now live in a time that tries to explain evil away. 

We laugh at the idea of a foe so steeped in pride and beauty he thought he could dethrone the Creator of everything that has ever been.

The same one who roams the earth now trying to destroy, at all costs, the image bearer that stole his thunder. 

We relegate that kind of thinking to more of a Marvel construct than a spiritual reality. 

Part of the problem is the idea of a spiritual existence has been upstaged by physical evidence and intellectual prowess as sole metrics of truth. 

If we can’t see it, prove it, or throw money at it, it must not be real. 

Evil is a spiritual problem. 

It can’t be defeated with better policies, programs, and funding. 

It won’t slither back to hell because we decided to lock hands in legislative purpose.

And to be honest, it’s not even our job to defeat evil.

How do you defeat something in a spiritual dimension with physical weapons?

You can’t. 

The weapons aren’t physical. 

They’re spiritual, and that’s the roadblock. 

We think if we can just get the right people in office, pass the right laws, and fund the right programs, we can create less space for evil to flourish. 

Evil operates in the deepest place of the human heart no one can see. 

The part that thinks it doesn’t need saving or can be its own god simmers long before any evil action takes place. 

No government, movement, or collective can solve a problem that lives in the heart. 

If evil is a spiritual problem, then it needs a spiritual solution. 

Until we acknowledge that the battle against evil is fought in the human heart and not in any voting booth or town hall, not much will change. 

America’s destiny is not to be a red, blue, or even purple country. 

It is to have a heart that beats for God. 

We’re going to do our best to make this evil time about certain issues.

But in the end, God hasn’t called us to go into the world and preach the issues. 

He called us to go into the world and preach the Gospel that changes hearts. 

Jesus is the only one who can save humanity and defeat evil.

The good news is, He already has.

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