Somebody has to win and somebody has to lose. That’s just the way it is … the way it works. Usually there is great celebration. Oftentimes the winner receives some kind of trophy, award, reward, prize, recognition, etc. It may be a short lived time event or an ongoing battle which may take a very long time to accomplish.

Probably the longest running battle or struggle going on is good vs evi and with the sin nature itself..

When a person comes to Jesus and asks for forgiveness and for Him to come into that person’s heart and life he becomes born again … received a new nature within … becomes a new creation. However, as long as he lives this life on earth he will struggle with the sin nature. Yes, there is a battle going on inside of every Christian if they are sincere in their new life in Christ.

Someone once compared it to having two dogs of equal size and strength living inside of each Believer. One is black representing evil (or the sin nature or flesh) and the other is white representing the things of God. They are constantly battling against each other.

Who wins you might ask? Since they are a pretty good match the one who is victorious is the one who gets fed while the other is starved or malnourished. Now I am not talking about food. I am talking about the things each of them like. Of course, food could well enter the picture if we make it our god. If we feed the things that appeal to our sin nature and starve feeding spiritual food to ourselves the black dog will be victorious.

Living a defeated life by feeding the black dog is a wasted life … wasted years we can’t get back. But if we are guilty of this the old saying applies … better late than never.

Live for Jesus … that’s what matters.