Ongoing Personal Inventory
Friday November 16, 2018
Our old ways of thinking and behaving are being transformed as we journey with God in our new life in recovery. New things bring new challenges as they push against our old ways. Taking regular personal inventory enables us to assess whether the challenges are just the temporary pain of new muscles being built or if there are vulnerabilities being exposed. It’s important that our ongoing daily inventory starts with what is being revealed.
Oh, that we might know the Lord! Let us press on to know Him. He will respond to us as surely as the arrival of dawn or the coming of rains in early spring.
(Hosea 6:3 NLT)
What are we doing from day to day to train ourselves to hear and respond to the voice of God? Are we challenging ourselves to do things like pray and read and reflect on God’s Word? As we choose to follow this discipline we will discover that life as God describes it is different from what we have practiced, or what we experience around us in everyday society. Comparing God’s ways with our ways is foundational for our ongoing daily inventory. This helps us identify how we are maturing in our relationship with God and how we are obeying His Word in our daily life.
God has a plan for our life that gives satisfaction, meaning, and joy. As we continue to take personal inventory, and promptly adjust any shortcomings, we will achieve the desired ease of living at peace with God, with ourselves, and with our neighbor.
Prayer: Gracious God, Thank You for enriching my life with Your goodness and mercy. In each step of my journey I believe that I will experience more contentment and satisfaction as my thoughts and actions are transformed by following Your ways. I am grateful that I can trust You to help me leave my old ways behind. Amen.
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