Evil Attacks Potential
Evil doesn’t attack you because of your past—It fears your future.
You’re not being attacked because of your past—you’re being challenged because of your future. Resistance, fear, and adversity show up to stop what you’re becoming, not who you’ve been. The battle you’re facing is proof of your potential and the impact you’re meant to make.
“Evil doesn’t fight the unthreatening. It fights potential. It fights purpose. It fights futures that can’t be controlled.”
Evil doesn’t attack you because of your past—It fears your future.
In life and business, many of us carry the weight of our past—failures, regrets, mistakes, and missed opportunities. We often believe that our struggles, resistance, or even outright opposition stems from what we’ve done before. But here’s a powerful truth: evil, opposition, and adversity aren’t attacking you because of your past—they’re trying to stop you because of your potential.
Evil, in whatever form it shows up—fear, doubt, sabotage, betrayal, resistance—doesn’t concern itself with what’s behind you. What’s done is done. Instead, what threatens evil most is the future you’re capable of building. It’s not your failures that worry the forces against you. It’s your strength, your vision, and your capacity to lead, innovate, and make a positive impact on the world.
The Business Battlefield
In business, you may have failed ventures, bad partnerships, or risky decisions you wish you could redo. But no competitor, no obstacle, and no internal fear is truly driven by that history. The real threat comes from the business you’re about to build, the disruption you’re on the verge of causing, and the value you’re preparing to create.
Consider how resistance increases just before a breakthrough. Ideas get questioned. Doubt creeps in. Investors pull out. People betray you. It’s not because you were once small—it’s because you’re becoming something powerful. Evil doesn’t care about who you are. It wants to prevent who you’re becoming.
When you start walking in your full potential—when your dreams evolve into plans, and your actions begin to align with your greater purpose—that’s when adversity intensifies. That’s when fear whispers louder, trying to convince you to shrink back into the safety of the known.
The Life Parallel
The same holds true in life. Your past may include trauma, transgressions, damaged and broken relationships, but none of those scare darkness. What does, is your resilience. Your healing. Your clarity. Your readiness to forgive, grow, and move forward with intention and leadership.
You may have been overlooked, underestimated, or discarded. But what keeps evil up at night is your ability to rise again with deeper wisdom, more fire, and clearer direction. Every time you choose courage over comfort, growth over guilt, and faith over fear, you step more firmly into the future that adversity has been trying to keep you from.
Why This Matters
Recognizing this truth shifts your mindset. Instead of being ashamed of your past, you realize it was the training ground for your future. You begin to see resistance not as a sign of weakness but as proof of progress. The battle intensifies not when you’re stuck but when you’re close to your next level.
This understanding gives you power. It arms you with the insight to push through pressure, to keep building even when opposition arises, and to stay focused on the vision ahead. When evil shows up, it’s not because you’re failing—it’s because you’re rising.
Final Thought
In both business and life, the most dangerous person is not the one who has never fallen but the one who keeps rising stronger. Evil doesn’t fight the unthreatening. It fights potential. It fights purpose. It fights futures that can’t be controlled.
So when pressure comes, when betrayal hits, when doubt tries to claim your mind, remember this: you’re not being attacked for your past—you’re being challenged because of your future. Stay the course. Keep building. The battle you’re in is proof of the greatness ahead.
Let your past inform you, but let your future drive you. That’s what evil fears most.
Author: Cory Ross, Co-Founder of Warrior Mindset
Inspired by: My very good friend and brother in Christ, Weston Blankenship
