Spirit Saturday Faithful Commitment
Saturday February 25, 2017
Our new life in recovery challenges our old habit of doing whatever we want, whenever we feel like doing it. It’s a hard pattern to break. Any success in life, whether in business, sports, or a relationship is the result of making a choice and sticking with a plan. So many other things look more appealing than the boredom and hard work of continuing with a program. However, success in any area of life only comes after a period of sustained effort.
And may you be completely faithful to the Lord our God. May you always obey his decrees and commands, just as you are doing today. Jesus said: I have loved you even as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love. When you obey my commandments, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father’s commandments and remain in his love. (1 Kings 8:61, John 15:9-19 NLT)
God desires that our heart be committed and obedient to Him and that we walk in His ways. However, we are so used to being distracted and “cutting corners” that it’s easy to slip back into that pattern. We can fake commitment and just go through the motions for a while, but we will not make any real progress. This applies in our relationship with God, our relationship with a loved one, or working our treatment program. God encourages us to stick with the plan and keep going. Only committed energy and focus bring long term success.
So you should try very hard to add goodness to your faith. To goodness, add knowledge. To knowledge, add the ability to control yourselves. To the ability to control yourselves, add the strength to keep going. To the strength to keep going, add godliness. To godliness, add kindness for one another. And to kindness for one another, add love. All these things should describe you more and more. They will make you useful and fruitful as you know our Lord Jesus Christ better. (2 Peter 1:5-8 NIRV)
PRAYER: God, help me today to stick with the plan and keep my commitments to you, myself, my loved ones, and my recovery. AMEN
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