Finding Faith To Thrive In Daily Life
Thursday May 24, 2018
All our lives God has pursued us with His love, but we were usually too self-absorbed to stop and listen to Him. Sometimes it’s only after a season of dysfunctional living in addiction that we are willing to hear and respond to the call of God. Walking in the ways of God means discarding our plans and welcoming the plans that God has prepared for us.
Because of our selfish and self-centered ways, we are often slow to respond to God’s direction and sadly spend large chunks of time surviving when we could in fact be thriving. As we intentionally seek God’s will for our lives, we will find that it is God's desire that we thrive and not simply survive in recovery.
His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires. (2 Peter 1:3-4 NIV)
The more we co-operate with God’s plans in our everyday lives, the more our hearts and minds are filled with hope. Our faith grows as we experience God is faithful to His promises. This fact encourages us in our efforts each day even though we may not see all that God has planned for us. As we allow God to do in us what we cannot do for ourselves, a new and pleasing way of life will come about. God will make everything beautiful in our lives as we seek Him in all our ways. He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. (Ecclesiastes 3:11 NIV)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, Thank you for inviting me to live beyond just surviving. You are my hope and the source of all life. You know the ongoing direction I need for a rich and productive life. I turn to you and once again surrender my will and my life into your care. Amen
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