Willingness Is The Key
Becoming willing to live each day in a new way is a challenge for those of us who are used to running our own lives and doing our own thing. A necessary key to success in recovery life is the purposeful practice of having a heart and mind willing to follow the ways of God.
For change to take place and the serenity of life with God in recovery to become our lived reality we have to wholeheartedly turn our will and our lives over to the direction and care of God. God is the one who gets to decide what is best for us, what is best in our relationships, and what is best for our well-being today for the long haul. What God says needs changing gets worked on until it changes. What God says needs removing gets removed. When God says to bear with something patiently, we hang in and tolerantly bear with it.
God has chosen you and made you his holy people. He loves you. So, your new life should be like this: Show mercy to others. Be kind, humble, gentle, and patient. Don’t be angry with each other but forgive each other. If you feel someone has wronged you, forgive them. Forgive others because the Lord forgave you. Together with these things, the most important part of your new life is to love each other. Love is what holds everything together in perfect unity. (Colossians 3:12-14 ERV)
We must be willing to have God, through His word in the Bible, guide us along new pathways of discernment in our minds and hearts. We must be willing to ask ourselves, “God, what do I need to change so Your kingdom will come, and your will done in my life here on earth as it is in heaven?”
Prayer: Heavenly Father, Help me to be willing to submit to Your ways in all I do and say. In particular, I ask You to help me grow in my faith and trust in You. Amen
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