The familiar slogan “I can’t. God can. I think I’ll let Him” describes the first three steps of the Twelve Step program of Alcoholics Anonymous that we can apply to situations we encounter in our daily lives.
The story is told of how one rainy afternoon, a father came up with an idea to entertain his bored eight-year-old daughter. He tore a large map of the world into small pieces, mixed them up, and told her to put them back together like a jigsaw puzzle. To her father’s surprise, the girl completed the puzzle in just a few minutes. “How did you do it?” the father asked. “It was easy,” she said. “At first I couldn’t fit all the lines and dots and colors together on the map. Then I saw part of a man’s face on the back of one of the pieces. So, I turned all the pieces over. When I got the man on the back of the pieces together, the world on the front took care of itself.”
Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust him, and he will help you. He will make your innocence radiate like the dawn, and the justice of your cause will shine like the noonday sun. (Proverbs 37:5-6 NLT)
God sent His son Jesus into the world to redeem sinful, broken, screwed-up individuals like us. By dying on the cross, Jesus paid the price of new life for each one of us and offers it to us today. If we accept it, we can receive that new life today. Alternatively, we can continue to live in frustration as we try to sort out our complicated lives by ourselves. When we choose to apply the simple principle, “I can’t. God can. I’ll let Him” we’ll experience new and satisfying life – life with God in recovery.
Whatever is good and perfect is a gift coming down to us from God our Father, who created all the lights in the heavens. (James 1:17 NLT)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, I admit that I am powerless over people, places, and things. I invite you to live in me and work in me so I fulfill Your good purpose for my life. AMEN
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