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Taking, As Jesus Did, This Sinful World As It Is

Monday July 12, 2021

The process of recovery is a time to find peace while also accepting life as it is.  Life isn't always fair.  It isn't always predictable or controllable.  When we become willing to face the hurts we have experienced and consider our reaction to them, then we come closer to changing our thought patterns and response to troubling situations.  Jesus came into this sinful world, not to judge it for what it is, but to put it right.

God didn’t go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again.  (John 3:17 MSG)

We can’t change the fact that our world is imperfect, but we can choose our attitude.  There are many injustices in life.  Good people suffer sickness and all sorts of problems.  Wicked people prosper from unrighteous acts and appear to have all their earthly needs met.  Jesus took this sinful world as it was and suffered and died to give new life to its inhabitants.  God graciously says that whoever believes in Jesus will not perish but have everlasting life, and that includes those who are currently His enemies.

But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven.  He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.  (Matthew 5:44-45 NIV)


All of us have made bad choices and walked paths that have caused us pain.  Life with God in recovery teaches us to think and act in new ways.  Are we willing to accept this world as it is and do what God has called us to do to make it a better place for us and for our community?  Today, let’s focus on ways to change the things we can and simply be at peace with the rest.

When anyone is in Christ, it is a whole new world.  The old things are gone; suddenly, everything is new!  (2 Corinthians 5:17 ERV)


Prayer:  Loving God, Help me to take this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it.  Give me the courage and wisdom to accept the things I cannot change and, with Your help, change the things I can.  Amen

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