Our old ways of thinking and behaving are being transformed as we journey with God in our new life in recovery. New circumstances bring new challenges as they push against our old ways. Taking regular personal inventory enables us to assess if the challenges are just the temporary pain of new muscles being built or if vulnerable areas that need to be dealt with are being exposed. It’s important that our ongoing daily inventory starts with what is being revealed.
(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 pray and read and reflect on God’s Word in the Bible? As we choose to follow this discipline, we will discover that the life that God describes is different from what we have practiced or what we experience around us in everyday society. Comparing God’s ways with our known ways helps form the basis of our ongoing daily inventory. It helps identify how we are growing in putting God’s Word into practice in our everyday lives and where we still need to change.
Trust in the Lord and do good; live in the land and be safe. Seek your happiness in the Lord, and he will give you your heart's desire. Give yourself to the Lord; trust in him, and he will help you. (Psalm 37:3-5 GNT)
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: Heavenly Father, I am grateful that You enrich me by Your goodness and love through each step of my journey. Thank You for the assurance that, as my thoughts and actions are transformed by following Your principles, I will experience more and more satisfaction and joy in my daily living. Amen
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