Cribbage was my game. I started playing it at thirteen years of age after school. I loved the distraction on those long bus rides to distant towns where we played ballgames with teams in our league. Once I married, my wife and I enjoyed the friendly competition. It’s just a game that sometimes you win at and sometimes you lose. Sounds like the games of life, doesn’t it? The competition has changed though, for now my opponents are the world, the flesh and the devil, and I don’t always win. It also reflects the results of doing a character study of Biblical personalities.
Does it have a Biblical precedent? Glad you asked.
For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world.
When playing the game, play to win. Give it some thought.
Gary