The Struggle Is Real

Bobby Gums   05.01.2026

 

Ever wonder why you struggle with the same old ‘fleshly attitude(s)’? Talking about behaviors or mindsets that are characterized by sin and opposition to God's will (Bible Hub). Things that are not synonymous with that good, acceptable, and perfect, will of God (Rom 12:2). Or are you no longer plagued by such torments of the flesh? If not, praise God! However, for some of us

the struggle is real as we have not yet completely overcome some of these things. We are not inferring that an individual that still suffers from some form of anger, selfishness, jealousy, (whatever it may be), that they are not walking by the Spirit of God day by day, but for some reason still have difficulty overcoming a thing that is in opposition to God’s will for the believer.  

 

For those who desire to overcome all such things, I believe the Lord has given me ‘light’ where there had previously been a ‘veil’ over my understanding that I would like to share. The other day I had such an ‘event’ to occur. Afterwards, what did I do? I did what I usually do, I beat myself up for the rest of the day. Three days later, the Holy Spirit has revealed to me that my typical ritual of self-flagellation is not only ‘not productive’, but that it is actually getting in the way of our Heavenly Father’s disciplining correction that would prove to be productive for me. Beating myself up until I was fully exhausted was effectively hindering me from getting to the point of the true repentance that I needed to experience in order to get to the place of power in Christ to put this thing down, prayerfully, for good. This was an eye-opening revelation that is already giving me a sense of liberty within my spirit and that I pray will be a help to others within the body of Christ.

 

As a brother recently reminded us, we do not owe this flesh anything! Romans 8:12, Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. Remember the words of Jesus in John 16:33, These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. Jesus has ‘overcome the world’, therefore, we too can overcome the world because we are in Christ where all things are possible to us (Php 4:13). The fact that He has already done everything, He has already lived this life, and listen, he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love (Eph 1:4), should give us encouragement that our God has got us and will keep us and will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ (Php 1:6).

 

Any form of self-imposed punishment will not get us any closer to living a holy life that is pleasing to our Heavenly Father. Like my same brother also said, it’s like hanging an ‘out of order sign around our neck’. Let us recognize that fact and do not let anything come between us and our relationship with God by gratefully receiving His corrective measures for our lives.

Remember brethren, We know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose (Rom 8:28). Now brethren, This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh (Gal 5:6). Therefore brethren, Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God (1 Cor 10:31).