#2125 The Word For Recovery
Psalms 78:1 Listen, dear friends, to God’s truth, bend your ears to what I tell you.
Day: 11 December 2018
#2124 Bending
Proverbs 15:32 If you reject discipline, you only harm yourself; but if you listen to correction, you grow in understanding.
As we meet lifes experiences, circumstances, influences in many instances the result is we bend in submission, respect and appreciation, or we get som nasty bumps hurt us and leave us scarred. From infancy our lives are shaped. Wene we come of age we tend to throw off the restraints of early family influences. If we did not receive the right training in childhood for adulthood life can become very bumpy.
Living Life Recovery is about turning from misconduct, mistaken ideas and misguided adventures to God’s way of living. It bending to His will for our lives, knuckling down to His plan. It is a continuous program of learning, an unceasing process of eliminating wrong in our life and replacing them with right living.
#2123 His Strength is Perfect
Colossians 1:29 I work hard with all of Christ’s strength. His strength works powerfully in me.
God wants us to work hard in recovery. This includes how we work with and encourage others.
There are times in my life where the last thing I feel like doing is attending or leading if I am the leader a recovery meeting. Sometimes when it is real effort to get up and do what God wants instead of what I want. That can include things God prompts me to do with or for other people.
I believe nothing happens in our lives without a purpose. That means there are times when I have to do what I don’t want to do. When I do it is usually just what I need to change my thinking and attitude. In those times I thank God that He know me better than I know myself.
- Is there something God is prompting you to do today you are just avoiding?
#2122 The Word For Recovery
Jeremiah 29:13 “When you come looking for me, you’ll find me. “Yes, when you get serious about finding me and want it more than anything else.”