Ever sat at your gate and watched one of those ceiling-mounted public TV’s tuned to a news channel? Not very uplifting to watch, is it?
We are bombarded by bad news every time we turn on the TV in the 21st Century. There is no escaping the flood of negativity that permeates our media. Spend enough time watching CNN or Fox News, and I defy anyone not to at least flirt with despair.
Every hour, all over the world, the fall of man manifests itself, and we now have the technology to see every atrocity in high-definition streaming video. One could be forgiven for struggling with a sense that all is lost and that the nature of the universe is misery.
But, in the end, love wins. If God is love, there can be no doubt that this is true. We forget that He is, by definition, greater than the darkness of our present existence. We also forget that He will not let evil exist indefinitely. In the end, our Lord will win over evil, and so will we who are identified with His Son. For us, there are no shadows of darkness in eternity, only the light of divine love.
“No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him.” -Revelation 22:3 (ESV)
