“Anyone who listens to My teaching and obeys Me is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against the house, it won’t collapse, because it is built on rock”. (Matthew 7:24-25 NLT)
To live wisely, when recovering from the storms of years in addiction, we need to develop a spirit of humility which says, “I don’t know what is best for me today but I’m willing to learn. I’m willing to think new thoughts and practice new behaviours which God, through His word, is teaching me.” There are numerous self-help books that can provide some benefit in understanding ourselves, our family of origin, and some natural tendencies that go along with our personality. However, it is important to remember that God has revealed the way to a good, pleasing and perfect life in the Bible. Anything that contradicts principles written in the Bible is nothing more than “limited worldly wisdom” which we would do well to lay aside in the same way we have set aside the lies and misconceptions of our addictive and obsessive thinking.
Perhaps this is a day for learning about the difference between what we think, what our world thinks, and what is true because God said it. Basing our lives on God’s revealed word of truth is the sure foundation for success in recovery.
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