I have given all that the enemy might be defeated, and it is so

Day 156

Yet, once again, I am affected by Your words to comfort, support, and lead through a world gone savage. The cultural biases, self-preservation, accumulation thoughts, power reaching, and control of others seems to have gone parabolic, especially in America. It’s as if our foundation as a country is crumbling right before my eyes, unabated.

And then I think of the wars upon wars, in the effort to gain the above, the sacrifice of human life being the means. It is a heart pain to watch this happen. It is the innocent that always suffer the most. Yet, it is hard for me to see how to prevent such horror without being a party to it – to destroy what appears to be evil that what appears to be good can survive; to cause others to perish that I may live, because I feel, and think, that is the proper way to act when facing evil. I judge without knowledge, but I do not know how else to see the truth.

I know you are affected by the destruction of man upon man, that you see in the desire to overcome evil that where evil resides must be destroyed too, and not just evil itself. And I know you have no sense of place or action within this lack of understanding; nor should you.

You are trying to deal with an evil that has permeated the heart, and the idea that overcoming this evil would be to destroy the heart. Yet you understand that it is also this heart where I abide. And the battle is there, for it is evil’s intent to destroy Me, to destroy the One that brings love, freedom, joy, and peace in exchange for desolation, hunger, and death.

The enemy’s desire is that the heart becomes hardened, cold, and unoccupied, a forgotten relic of what was once a connection to Life, to Me, to Creation – to remove the Light from man such that he becomes as nothing, a dark void. But the enemy knows that is not to be. A light always shines brightest in darkness, and that Light has come to all men.

You must understand that within the depths of man’s heart there is a yearning for this Light; it can’t be ignored without consequence, for I have put it there. But it can be suppressed within the dark moments of idealism, power, control, and personal acquisition, as if these victories would define a man’s success in life. It is a delusion of the enemy.

Men are trapped by evil thought, and taken away on its tide of destruction, unable to see ahead what is to overtake them. You cannot be held responsible for fighting against that tide, for all men seek to live. But you can be conscious of evil’s parent and set your sight there and know within your heart there is where the battle lies.

Most men know within this to be true but cannot make the sacrifice to move in this direction, for they are blinded within that moment of perception and move as they always have; but you are not of them for you have chosen to be with Me. If all men would choose this path the enemy would be overcome; but it will not be.

You believe now it is only through Me that the enemy can be overcome and ask why I have not risen to do so – but you do not see clearly, for I have risen; I have given all that the enemy might be defeated, and it is so. You see this apparent non-action the way you have seen most things of our kingdom, through a glass darkly, much as you see yourself. But I have come to bring a light to you, to reveal all things, even the conquest of the enemy within your own heart.

You shall see this Light, as you are a part of it, live within it, as it lives within you. Be patient in watching for it and you shall see it. Look for it in all you do and think and feel. It will reveal and guide your actions moving forward in response to those who would snuff it out if they could. It will not fail if you remain in it.

Has that helped? Perhaps only somewhat, as your understanding still remains limited, but that is changing day to day. Trust in the work I am doing in your heart. Trust Me that I will have the fullness of My heart within yours.