The flesh

John 6:63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

Hello truth. I have been thinking the last few days about how much I need the Spirit in my life, in my heart, in my brain. Not that this is a new idea or thought I have had. And even more than that, how my “flesh” really is no help at all. When I allow myself to head down a path of irritation or worry I am allowing my flesh to take over and not allowing the Spirit to give me real life, the kind that Jesus wants me to have and to live.

I need to call on the Spirit to be in my life, in my heart. I need to call on Him, before I let myself have those negative feelings or emotions. I need Him. I need His guidance, His love, His teaching, His Word in my heart. Not only do I need Him, but I want Him. I want to be a happy, joy-filled person. I want to be someone who does not look back on my days and realize that I showed irritation or discontentment to the people I interacted with. I want to be someone others want to be around. Heck, I want to be someone I myself would want to be around. I don’t always feel like that about myself. But with the Spirit, I just might. And I am so thankful that my Lord and Savior feels like that too; enough to give His life for me, to cover over my sin and my flesh…

This life is to be continued. With the Spirit in me, I will be better today than I was yesterday.