The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil....is for good men to do nothing.Edmund Burke (Irish Philosopher)
Have you ever heard someone say something that just hit you clear down to your core? This quote did that to me. We were watching a documentary called "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West." (the link attached is a 12 minute clip of the documentary) There is a general overview of the Muslim religion, and then it went on to explain that most Muslims do not support Radical Islam. Radical Islam believes that "Jihad is the only way to honor Allah," "it is a religious holy war for the sake of Allah," "to conquer the world for Allah." They believe that the USA is trying to take over the world. They teach their children in grade school that we are a threat and will kill them if given the chance, and not just kill but crush their sculls and slit their throats. They start teaching them from birth to be "suicide warriors." They show commercials on TV advertising their motto: Death to America. They go on to compare Radical Islam to Hitler's reign in WWII. The whole video is very eye-opening. If you get a chance to watch the video in its entirety then I recommend it, if not, the 12 minute clip will give you a good idea of what I am talking about.
THEY HATE US....
It makes my stomach turn to just type those words. I have lived my life in such a sugar coated world that I don't think I can fully comprehend that kind of strong/passionate negative emotion. So, after kinda freaking myself out thinking and pondering on all of this hate and anger, another very sobering thought hit me. I have a bigger enemy, who hates me even more! Nothing like things getting worse... :) I have a bigger enemy and his name is the devil, satan, lucifer, evil...pick one, it is all the same guy.
So what does this have to do with the quote above? "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil....is for good men to do nothing?" I am not saying that we are to fight the devil or anything like that because that is not our fight to fight. However, we can be lackadaisical about or own walk with God, we can not hold our friends accountable in love, we can let the schools/programs raise our kids and teach them their values instead of teaching them at home, or we can let anger and bitterness put a wedge so deep in our heart that we live a life not capable of giving or receiving REAL love. We can also live a life completely ignorant of the evil and enemy around us, the enemy that seeks to destroy us, our families and wants to destroy our souls.
Sure, it is EASIER to pretend it isn't there or doesn't exist, but it does. So what happens when he strikes? If we are prepared, armed and ready....we survive. Not that it doesn't hurt or cause problems or even leave a scar, but if we pretend that it is not there and just do our own thing until he comes along and hits us with a devastating blow, we won't survive and our families won't survive. We will be crushed, and recovery from that is much harder than if we would have just looked up, armed ourselves with God's Word/God's Armor, and been prepared....
OK, so I know I am not going to win the Merry-Sunshine award today. :~)
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