God Wins

        There are some things that people often seek after and one of them is the Morel mushroom. The Morel was considered to be one of the best mushrooms in Indiana and people would often go to great lengths to find them and then to keep the place the found them a secret. You never knew where a Morel mushroom was going to pop up after a summer rain. As a youngster, we would hop in the car after the rain and go in search of the large mushroom. Dad would drive slowly down the country road as Mom and us kids would peer out the window of the car. When one was sighted, a scream would go out, the car would stop and we would pile out to scour the area looking for the mushrooms. At one excursion, a large bag was soon filled with only about 5 or 6 mushrooms. We would take them home and Mom would prepare an egg batter and then fry them for dinner. Mushrooms in general grow quickly and then perish quickly. One thing is for sure, they pop up when you least expect it, are visible for a while and then are gone. Psalm 37:1-2 says, “ Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.” 

            History has been plagued with evil almost continually. Like the mushroom, it pops up, does it's dirty work and then is vanquished. The Psalmist gives us hope in the above passage as he describes the presence and the end of evildoers. Evildoers are those that break God's law in one way or another and seem to be bent on destroying everything that is connected to God in any way.  Satan was busy at work from the beginning of time trying to destroy the seed that would bring forth the Messiah. Right at the beginning Cain slew Abel and Satan thought that victory was his but then along came Seth. The Promise was given to Abraham that there would be a people of God and throughout history, evildoers sought to destroy this seemingly pesky nation but God was on their side even to the point of the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ and then they sought to kill Him and get rid of the promise of God. That didn't work as He arose from the grave being victorious over death and the grave. Almost every one of the early disciples were the victims of a martyrs death, yet the message went forth. Bible were and are still banned in many countries and yet the Word remains today. No matter how hard the evildoers of history have tried to extinguish the Word of God, it still remains. The Psalmist does indeed give every believer hope as he describes the evildoer as nothing more than a withering blade of grass. While the Word of God remains forever, the evildoer is vanquished in but a moment. Your politics make no difference. Your views on history make no difference. The disease and pestilence make no difference and you grumbling and complaining make no difference. Soon, the evildoers is cut off and God as always, is the Victor. Even kings and presidents, premiers and officials can do nothing against God. We can take heart today that even though evil pops up like a Morel mushroom, it will soon be gone and God will always be triumphant. We may think we have power with bombs and missiles but God has bees and ants that can turn the world upside down. Praise God today that in the midst of all of the trouble and travail that is going on in the world today, God will still be victorious.