Romans 12:21(NKJV)
21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Throughout the Bible we see the people of God endure great afflictions, perpetrated on them by others around them. Not always were God's elect able to throw off the evil oppression of the godless that sought to harm or destroy them, but neither we're they destroyed.
Overcoming evil with good doesn't always look like a revolt or an ability to change the hearts and minds of others. Often it's staying so desperately dependant on God the Father and striving for His will each day, that we ourselves aren't crushed in spirit by the evil that surrounds us.
God's goodness in us can preserve us and our faith through the evilest of storms. He gives us the miraculous ability to forgive, to be good to those that abuse us, protecting us from the evil we see around us. Yahweh, Yeshua, the Spirit of Truth, alone can and will defend us inwardly and spiritually, even if for a time, evil has overwhelmed us and oppressed us outwardly.
He will only do this if we will willingly lay all at His feet.
If we completely abandon ourselves to God, His Light resides within us, and His is a Light, no darkness shall ever overcome.
