Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.--Romans 12:21
We all face evil in life. It seems to come at us from all directions. It often seems impossible to escape or defeat it. And, we also are given to it much more than we like to admit. In some cases we allow the evil in others to provoke us to return evil for evil–which always causes us to lose rather than win. To be victorious we must be obedient. To win we must overcome evil with good. It is as one man said:
If we wish to overcome evil, we must overcome it by good. There are doubtless many ways of overcoming the evil in our own hearts, but the simplest, easiest, most universal, is to overcome it by active occupation in some good word or work. The best antidote against evil of all kinds, against the evil thoughts which haunt the soul, against the needless perplexities which distract the conscience, is to keep hold of the good we have. Impure thoughts will not stand against pure words, and prayers, and deeds. Little doubts will not avail against great certainties. Fix your affections on things above, and then you will be less and less troubled by the cares, the temptations, the troubles of things on earth.
