See — Hear — Speak No Evil

Yes, doesn’t take stepping out of our homes, watching a half-time Super Bowl show, listening to the news or saying what we really mean to someone to realize that there’s a whole lotta darkness out there! But, see ye, hear ye and speak ye — we don’t have to become part of the darkness but we can rather be a beacon of light and a source of truth and strength in our world. We can let our “thinkers” go to work and remember that light dispels darkness. “For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and deep darkness the people; but the Lord will arise over you, and His glory will be seen upon you.” (Isaiah 60:2)

I thought about those three wise monkeys. One covered his eyes who sees no evil, the other covered his ears who hears no evil and the third monkey covered his mouth so he would speak no evil – thus, they have a good mind, speech and action.

Seems like a good plan – especially in these days we are living in. But, the fact is – unless we lived in a cave 24/7, there is no way to avoid seeing and hearing about evil. Maybe the speak no evil is the closest we could come to being THAT monkey.
If we only paid attention to the news or social media, we’d think there was only darkness in the world — only bad news. Only evil. But if we would meditate on the “best of times” in our lives as well as start our day reading the Good News, our mind would be filled with good and the bad news could not overcome it. We say with Paul, “But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1 Corinthians 15:57). Here’s the promise we have from God: “Everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith” (1 John 5:4)

We have to be talking and looking for good news if we are going to find it. We must believe that God brings the best of times in the middle of the worst of times. We have to receive the good news into our heart and make it a part of our life. It’s easy to live in the darkness with anger and negativism,, pessimism and despair. We can look for the worst, and fail to believe the best. These are the words of our “BEST OF TIMES” Lord: “Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.” (John 8:12)

Two teams are playing in this world. One is all about darkness, and the other is all about light. One is all about bad news, and the other is all about good news. We know which one will win — let’s join THAT one!