1 Peter 1:3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade--kept in heaven for you, 5 who through faith are shielded by God's power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. (NIV)

We cannot easily deal with the truth about life. For if we deal with the truth of the action of the evil one against us, we begin to think we are helpless, hopeless, and devastated. If we try to deal with the truth about the evil one killing each and every one of us, we can go insane. If we try to deal with the truth about the evil one and evil in general, we can become so paranoid we cannot function. In our distorted and untruthful life, we find it much easier to blame God for all the dark events of life than to admit the dark events are caused by the darkness in the world and the darkness in our life. In this mess, we are often afraid to admit we seem to be helpless and hopeless against the dark power of the evil one. However, there is another truth. This other truth is you are not helpless and hopeless against the evil one. You are not helpless and hopeless because you have God the Father, Jesus Christ the Son, and the Holy Spirit who stands next to you to help you and give you power to win. You have His winning power to defeat evil. You have His winning power to destroy darkness. You have His winning power continually renewing your faith, continually bringing you love, and continually bringing you His Light to dispel every darkness every hour.