“Trusting that You will make all things right if I surrender to Your will”
Our lives in addiction were a wreck. Things around us went wrong and then we contributed to that cycle of brokenness and destruction. We came into recovery when we acknowledged that we could not put things right anymore. We were powerless and our lives were unmanageable. We needed someone who could make things right -- even our mistakes. God promises to do that as we surrender to His will.
And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. (Romans 8:28 NLT)
Dr. Bob, one of the founders of AA, obviously understood this. Here's his Step 3 prayer as he asks God to make all things right in his life.
Dear God, I'm sorry about the mess I've made of my life. I want to turn away from all the wrong things I've ever done and all the wrong things I've ever been. Please forgive me for it all. I know You have the power to change my life and can turn me into a winner. Thank You, God for getting my attention long enough to interest me in trying it Your way. God, please take over the management of my life and everything about me. I am making this conscious decision to turn my will and my life over to Your care and am asking You to please take over all parts of my life.
Please, God, move into my heart. However, You do it is Your business, but make Yourself real inside me and fill my awful emptiness. Fill me with your love and Holy Spirit and make me know Your will for me. And now, God, help Yourself to me and keep on doing it. I'm not sure I want You to, but do it anyhow. I rejoice that I am now a part of Your people, that my uncertainty is gone forever, and that You now have control of my will and my life. Thank You and I praise Your name. Amen.
Do I dare to turn my will and my life over to the care of God, today, trusting that He will make all things right as I surrender to His will?
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