Each morning as I sit down to write this day’s entry my mind instantly goes to the Joy of the Lord. Yesterday had moments of helping others with their needs as well as getting my own met. I wasn’t sure all of it would get done in the day but surprisingly, I was finished with all of it by middle of the afternoon. When I sat down for a moment of relaxation I couldn’t help but thank Jesus for His Goodness.

Our pastor is taking us through Romans 8 for a 6-week sermon series. Yesterday as I was working through some material for a couple of the counseling sessions, I was amazed to find Romans 8 the major focus of the counseling materials. The main focus of both is our need to awaken to God’s Gift to us when we accept His Son Jesus into our lives. This GIFT is THE HOLY SPIRIT. It isn’t just that He is a GIFT, but do we realize the immensity of this gift given to us? Even when we start to realize this tremendous gift, do we use Him or better said, let Him use us?

I so often ask God to take charge of my day and let me glorify Him in it. Yet as soon as the day gets going I’m reversing my thinking and asking God to bless what I’m “doing for Him” instead of asking God if I’m doing this as His Spirit desires? The selfishness of flesh is so dominate. Yet, the more we allow God’s Holy Spirit to indwell completely in us, the more He can become our dominate focus. This is truly a “one day at a time and one moment at a time….” item. I want my faithfulness to look more and more like Jesus living in me.