In my devotions yesterday and today, the Lord spoke to my heart that He wants to be a part of whatever I am doing. What does that word “whatever” mean? It means everything! When I am getting ready for my day, God wants me to be aware of His presence. When I sit and do my devotions, of course, He is there. But He wants me to know that He is with me when I sit and enjoy a movie with friends. He is there when I am alone and looking out my window at the birds and stroking my kitty. He is there when I go to medical appointments (as I am today), and He is with me when I am exercising, reading a book or any of the other normal parts of my daily routine. God is always there!

Now that I have been made more aware of His constant presence, what am I expected to do? I am to do all to the glory of God. Whatever I do, I want God to get the glory. For example, when I am brushing my hair in the morning, I can remember to give God the glory that I have hair and that He has them numbered because He loves me so much. When I am reading a book, I can give God praise that I can see to read and that I have the knowledge to know how to read. When I type on my computer, I give God the glory for the technology that has allowed me to do this and for His provision that I have a computer. Do you see where all of this is going? We are still going back to praise!

No matter what I am doing or what trial I am undergoing, God is right next to me. His Holy Spirit lives inside of me, so I take God with me everywhere. It’s easy to be shaken in a world that does not acknowledge God as Lord and does not want to hear His name unless it’s as a curse. But God does not want me to fear anything. He wants me to know that He is there with me. He hears and sees the same things that I do. I recall the song that I used to sing with my young Sunday school children, “Oh, be careful little eyes what you see! Oh, be careful little ears what you hear!” Doesn’t that same song apply to us as adults?

God Himself shows us the way that we should live. As we go down the correct path, the one that He has shown us, then we can have joy in His presence. We know that one day we will have eternal pleasures. Isn’t that worth making right choices, knowing that what we do affects the closeness of our relationship with God? He wants to be closer to us, we want to be closer to Him and then we go about our daily routine and forget about Him. That is not the way He wants things to be. He wants us to always follow Him so closely that all that we do springs from our love for Him and for us to see Him in the small parts of our daily routines.

I leave you today with praise. My heart rejoices in God, my Savior, and the fact that He wants to be with me throughout my day, not just during my devotions. Maybe you are saying to yourself, “Well, duh? I already knew that?” You know what? So did I, but I haven’t been putting this simple truth into practice because I get busy doing things, but I want to and I hope to do so, starting today. Blessings to each of you for a great day, whatever you do!