Life is Gravy

MAY 7 2026 Life is Gravy

Our lives have been made unnecessarily difficult. We have an enemy who never ceases to cause evil and strife in the world. He prowls about like a lion seeking for the weak and defenseless and preys on them. In our childhood we have parents who are to act as our protectors in this world. That is their role in our life. To create us, care for us, and protect us. As we age they are to guide us. They are to instruct us. They are to discipline us and teach us responsibility and prepare us to face the battleground that is the world. They are our guardians until such a time as we reach adulthood and go out into the world on our own. If we haven't been taught or we don't understand that the world we were born into is a battleground, then they haven't done their job. As a young man facing the world, I had a belief that once I got out from under my parent's thumb, life would be a bowl of gravy. I would be fine making my own way in the world. But I was not prepared for what I faced. I had been shielded from the realities of the world I lived in. It was nice of my parents to somehow shield me from some of the harshness of the world, but it was a failing of not only my parents, but of society that I entered the outside world somewhat clueless as to how it operated and the reality of the true nature of our existence. I was tricked when I was confronted with situations I had never encountered before in my young life and I was driven off the safe path and took a more dangerous road. I was not going to submit to the circumstances the world had placed before me and I was going to conquer and do whatever I wanted and overcome these limitations. I never truly knew the full power and determination of my enemy, the one who has deceived the entire world. I didn't realize I was a target. After many, many years and times of trials, I understood that life above all is the staging ground for a higher spiritual warfare and I must submit to the rules. God makes the rules. I need to hear and obey. If I don't, I will suffer the consequences. I surrendered finally after my own strength and wisdom had failed me. I am not smarter than God and I am not stronger than the devil, either. I have to have God's help in this battle of life. With God I am an overcomer. I will not insist on having my own way. I will submit. I will accept what life has given me today as the will of God for my life. Whoever and whatever comes my way I will trust in Him to take care of me. I wish everyone knew this simple fact. That God is in control and if you submit to his control life will yield eternal rewards, even if you face suffering and sorrow in this present world. Believe and the mountain must move! Nothing is impossible with God on my side! I am more than a conqueror.