Thursday, July 8, 2021- Growing Mature In Our Life With God

When we come into recovery, we are usually immature in our knowledge of God and his ways and have little recall of what it is like to live a meaningful life. Mature people in recovery groups are familiar with the places we have come from and so they welcome us.  They are patiently waiting to share with us in order that we might grow in the knowledge of God and His way to a purposeful life. 

In the past we had little consideration for others and our daily agenda focused only on fulfilling our own needs in whatever way that took. We acted in immature ways and our focus was simply on pleasing ourselves.  Centering on self-focused pleasure reveals that we have devoted our lives to the gods of whatever makes us feel good.  Perhaps we did not know, or refused to abide by, the ways of the God of the Bible.

Improving our conscious contact with God, gaining knowledge of the Scriptures, and practicing the principles we learn, will help us grow and mature in our life with God in recovery.  When Jesus died on the cross, He fully demonstrated the Scripture above. He loved his Father by fulfilling His Father's will for Him, and He loved us by doing so.  Is our desire to remain in the love of Jesus as we choose to love each other?

If someone says, “I love God,” but hates a fellow believer, that person is a liar; for if we don’t love people we can see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see? (1 John 4:20 NLT)

Prayer:  Heavenly Father, Please help me to be mature in my knowledge of the Scriptures and to seek Your will for my life and the power to carry it out. My desire is to spread the good news of the love of Jesus to others. Amen

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