As I glanced over the newspaper headlines of the day, it was easy to understand what people mean when they refer to the evils of the world. Christ Jesus spoke of overcoming the world (see John 16:33). Of course, he was using this word as the embodiment of discord and disease, fear and limitation, all that’s ungodlike.
Sometimes we may feel that the world’s effort to impose its limitations and pains on us is just too much for us to cope with. Don’t let the word world become overwhelming to you. Because you are God’s child, His very likeness, your spiritual nature is greater than the world with all its aggressive beliefs. The human mind may have its doubts. And yet, you have scriptural authority for acknowledging this truth. Here’s the way the Bible describes it, after referring to some of the evils of the world. “Greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world” (I John 4:4).
You are more empowered than you may have realized. Just think—the supremacy of good within your being is greater than all the evil on earth. When you pray, affirm with joy the unlimited, divine presence that you express. The arrogance of error cannot withstand that kind of spiritual power.
