As I began my devotional time this morning the first devotional I read focused its message on righteousness. God is really driving the message home that we (I) are/am righteous because Christ lives in us. His Holy Spirit is nothing but righteous and we are too because of His indwelling in us. This is hard to believe when we know ourselves. Yet, the work of our Savior and Lord isn’t built around what we have or have not done. It is solely built around what Jesus Christ did and the simple act on our part of accepting Him into our lives confessing our sins to Him as I John 1:9 tells us. The verse actually tells us that He–Christ purifies us from all unrighteousness.

There is so much to be said about each one of us living the life of a new creation. I am seeing much more clearly that when The Serenity Prayer tells us to “live one day at a time, one moment at a time”, that all of this pertains to living the life of a new creation. Our flesh will never go away until death do us part. Until then, I will need to commit to living the life of a new creation “this day” and each moment of this day. My flesh will battle with this wanting me to be selfish with my time and activities. However, there is nothing like the joy of living out each day following the nudges God’s Holy Spirit gives to us. It is in this obedience that the JOY of the Lord is found.