Just Outlast It

Even on his bed he plots evil; he commits himself to a sinful course and does not reject what is wrong. - Psalm 36:4 NIV.

I was overthinking last night so, like I do a few times every day, I logged on to Uganda's Independent newspaper website. At first, I thought... why is it so purple??? And then I read on... and decided to hit PrtSc so I could share it with a friend. I almost called the paper to ask if they knew they had been hacked because it was only about 7am Uganda time and when I visited the site the day before, everything seemed alright. However, it wouldn't have been appropriate to call the only contact I have. It's a Sunday so people were probably thinking of church.



I know what it can be like to have to secure a website and restore months of information. I remember praying they had backed up their stuff securely. The purple is not there anymore; the page now says Forbidden, but hopefully with teamwork and prayer everything will be back to normal in a short while.

Who would take the time to hack a website unless they were threatened or offended by it? There has to be something the Independent is doing right, and I don't think I'm just a biased Mwenda fan. Whatever the case may be, hacking was not the right thing to do.

Maybe it's the same with our struggles. Nobody wastes time on things that are worth it. Generally speaking, if it blesses you, you try to get more of it and if it offends you, you try to rid yourself (or the world) of it. If someone is trying to get rid of you then it means they find you offensive. It could be that in asking yourself WHY this is so, you will find the strength to pick up and keep going.

As I went to sleep, God reminded me that evildoers never last. Evil is like a random fly, buzzing around you as you work. If you leave your work to attend to it, you'll waste time and not get anything done. If you stick to what you're doing, the fly will eventually do what flies do: FLY away... and if it doesn't, what's its lifespan compared to yours?

Evil is one thing we are guaranteed will come to an end. We shouldn't let it defeat us. There are times when we need to fight, but many times, all we have to do is simply outlast the evil and let it wear itself out.

Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand. And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage... Micah 2:1-2