Overcoming Evil

Do not be conquered by evil, but conquer evil with good.
-Romans 12:21 (Holman Christian Standard Bible)

Evil is all around us. The opportunity to do what is wrong is something we don't have to be taught. It comes natural. We live in a society that, at its heart, is evil. It's stuck in sin. It's conquered by sin. Make no mistake abour this sin is evil. It always has been, and always will be. 

Paul writes, in Romans 12:21, "Do not be conquered by evil, but conquer evil with good." Too many of us today are overcome by the evilness in our world. We allow the evilness of the world to conquer our lives for Him. We allow it to derail our faith, to derail our walk. And then we bust into tears at the altar of a church, and walk away, only to fall into the same trap over and over. Is there a way around being conquered by evil? I think so. Instead of allowing ourselves to be overcome by evil, we must overcome the evil things of this world with the good things of God. Romans 12:2 says, "Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God." To be conformed means to imitate, or to be like, the world around us. As long as we are like the world, as long as we imitate the things of this world, we will always be overcome by evil. But, once we allow God to transform our mind, to renew our thought pattern, we will overcome the evil of this world with the goodness of God.

Have you allowed God to transform your mind? The rest of Romans 12:2 says, "so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God." Do you want to overcome evil in your life? Allow God to renew your mind, so that you will know what His will is for your life. That is how you overcome evil. You overcome evil with the good, pleasing and perfect will of God. Think About It.