It’s sometimes easy to forget that being spiritual includes recognizing darkness. Jesus certainly did. His Kingdom was focused on bringing wholeness, but that couldn’t be achieved if there were forces working against it. Rebuking both demons and religious leaders, he wasn’t only preaching positivity. The same should be true of us. As we learned yesterday, sometimes we must tell those closest to us the things they really don’t want to hear. As we see today, there will be forces working against us if we follow Jesus.