Lord I need you

Romans 12 verses 1 & 2 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed t this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. This is the scripture that came to me this morning after breaking a fast. Then when I came down stairs after praying with my wife about this, she read Max Lucado’s daily devotional, Grace For The Moment, and today’s scripture is 1 Corinthians 6:19 19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? As Max says, we don’t want someone to trash our house, so don’t trash God’s house, which we are. I’m on a fast right now. Two days ago, thinking I was between 16 and 19 years of age, playing kick ball with the kids. I was rounding 3rd base headed home when a cute little 7 year old decided to walk right in front of the freight train, that was not slowing down real easy. So I had a choice. To plow into a 59 pound little girl, with my 250 pounds, or take a fall. I took the fall. Ouch. My rib. Yesterday I was walking up the stairs with a silver serving tray with two pizzas on it, as if I were serving a god, and I couldn’t see the stairs, I thought they kept going, so I hyper extended my knee, or something that hurts really bad this morning. After checking with my doc this morning, I am going to be fine, just sore...maybe for a really long time. Was it worth it? No. OK, so I’m not 16, or 17, not even 18 or 19. I am 47. I now have a different set of callings than I did when I was younger. Husband, father, I have a job. But this remains, I am a Christian. I am His. This scripture came to me yesterday: Romans 12:3 For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith. 4 For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, 5 so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another. 6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our faith; You see I am not my own, I have been brought with a price, His perfect sacrifice, the one where He laid His life down for mine. Trash for treasure. He did that, for me. I can be a freight train with my will intact. I can mow over my opponents with great weight. Instead of letting The Lord have His way. With everything I have my way in, I am like a freight train, mowing over whoever just happens to get in the way. I need Jesus to be my words, not measure them, but be them. I need Jesus. “Lord I need you, everyday I need you.” In the morning, in the evening. With every thought I can’t contain, with every moment of pain, Lord, I need you. If the enemy is going to attack us, let us not give him any ammunition, any opportunity. So if I am fasting, I shouldn't be eating. I should be doing what He has called me to do, at all times, in every way. Without exception, without excuse. Lord, I need you.