Just for today I will try to live through this day only, and not tackle all my problems at once. I can do something for twelve hours that would appall me if I felt that I had to keep it up for a lifetime.
We are unable to understand and prepare for all of the complications that life will bring. In fact, that's God's job. We've already discovered many times, when we try to do God's job, we end up a miserable failure. We can only do life in small doses – one day at a time, one moment at a time.
Hear what God says: “When the time came for me to show you favor, I heard you; when the day arrived for me to save you, I helped you.” Listen! This is the hour to receive God's favor; today is the day to be saved! (2 Corinthians 6:2 GNT)
God's invitation to each of us in this day in recovery is to trust His control of time and everything that will happen, pay attention to His word, and do only those things that He says are good for us. If we stumble, He promises to be there when we turn to Him and reach out our hand for Him to pull us back up.
But get up and stand on your feet. I have appeared to you to appoint you as my servant. You are to tell others what you have seen of me today and what I will show you in the future. (Acts 26:16 GNT)
The challenge for us each day is to make that ongoing surrender of our will to God, humbly acknowledging that we are powerless without Him and that only in His power and wisdom can we do today what needs doing. It's too easy to get a little strength back, learn a few helpful principles, put them into practice for a few weeks, and figure we've got things under control. Not true!! The secret to success in life is maintaining God's truth as the framework for our life and acknowledging that we need God with us each and every day.
If you hear God's voice today, do not be stubborn, as your ancestors were when they rebelled against God. (Hebrews 3:15 GNT)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, just for today I choose to seek Your will and to put it into practice in all I do and say. Help me to trust You with yesterday and tomorrow. Amen
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