Sometimes, when we see what is happening in the world, we think the following: “I am a fervent believer, but when I look around me and what is happening in this world, I cannot help but see evil around me.” This should make us remember the words of the devil in the second temptation to our Lord Jesus Christ, after showing Him all the kingdoms of the Earth: “I will give you all their authority and splendor; it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to” (Luke 4:5-7), the devil did not receive the nations of the Earth from God, God gave the Earth to us (Genesis 2:15), but it was us who gave the power to the devil by falling into the same temptations that were presented to Jesus: temptation to pleasures of the flesh (Luke 4:3), temptation to earthly power (Luke 4:6), or temptation to arrogance (Luke 4:9-11).
When these thoughts invade our reflections, we must also remember what our Lord told us: “…Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. Blessed are you when people hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man. Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven…” (Luke 6:20-23). Let us remember that our objective is not in this world, but rather it is the dwelling place in the Kingdom of Heaven that our Lord has prepared for us (John 14:2). Those who suffer in this world will have their reward in Heaven with our Lord and the love of God the Father.
Let us avoid falling into the temptations of the enemy, and let us do the God’s will here on Earth as it is done in Heaven, let us work to earn that abode that Jesus Christ has reserved for us and let us wait with faith for our just reward according to our actions.