Recovery Wednesday!!
Continuing our journey to healing through our Creator, the Lord our Father, isn’t going to be an easy road. I found Step 3 to be one of the more difficult steps as I was attempting to get my life together without the use of drugs and bad choices.
What I did know was Step 1, my life HAD become unmanageable and Step 2, what I was doing WASN’T working and I needed something different.
But, Step 3, make a decision to turn our lives and our wills over to the care of God. How do I do that? That would mean trusting in a God that I didn’t know. The first time that I worked this Step, I was broken. I didn’t know how to “turn my life and my will over to God”. I often took that part back and relied on my own will. I eventually stopped using drugs, but I didn’t heal or grow.
Matthew 17:20
He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to the mountain, ‘Move from here to there, ‘ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you. “
Now that I know our Lord I have learned that “turning your life over to Christ is a once in a lifetime commitment! Turning your will over to Him requires daily recommitment! Pray and seeking Him daily, several times a day, hourly if needed! He will get you through the struggles, ‘one day at a time’.
Accept Him – Seek Him – Give it to Him
Romans 12:2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is-His good, pleasing and perfect will.
Recovery happens one day at a time. If we remain stuck in yesterday or always worried about tomorrow, we waste the time of the present. We can only change our addictions, compulsions, and bad choices in the here and now.
How do you ask Christ into your life? To establish a spiritual base for your life, Pastor Rick Warren has you ask the following questions:
Do I….
Believe Jesus Christ died on the cross for me and showed me He was God coming back to life?
1 Cor 15:2-4
Do I….
Accept God’s forgiveness for my sins?
Romans 3:22
Do I…..
Switch to God’s plan for my life?
Mark 1:16-18, Romans 12:2
Do I…..
Express my desire to Christ to be the director of my life?
Romans 10:9
In Step 3, we’re taking action to make the decision to turn our lives and our wills over to God’s care and direction.
Ask God to put His Spirit into your life to direct and guide you.
Psalm 143:10
Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
Friends, take this step with me today. Reach out to me or a trusted, believing friend.
Til next week, Robin
(Ref: Celebrate Recovery, Pastor Rick Warren, NA)
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