Identifying And Facing Dysfunction

Thursday July 21, 2022

For a variety of reasons, many of us have an underlying structure of disorders that is damaging to us and to others. When a person is ill, the first step in getting well is to acknowledge that something is wrong, and then go to a doctor who can diagnose the cause and offer a treatment plan.

We sometimes tend to think we know all we need to know to answer these kinds of questions—but sometimes our humble hearts can help us more than our proud minds. We never really know enough until we recognize that God alone knows it all. (1 Corinthians 8:2-3 MSG)

As formerly self-directed addicts we need to acknowledge to God that we are unable to diagnose and heal ourselves. We admit that we are not sure of the source of our problem, but we trust that God knows and cares. We thought the pain and dysfunction experienced in our addiction was the problem but now realize there are other underlying conditions. We need to listen to the diagnosis and treatment plan offered to us and agree to act on it. This will eliminate the need to mask the pain with our own destructive choice of medication.

He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases. He redeems me from death and crowns me with love and tender mercies. He fills my life with good things. My youth is renewed like the eagle’s! (Psalm 103:3-5 NLT)

Thank God for a clear diagnosis and treatment plan for our sinful self-centered ways of living separate from Him. Thank God for a wonderful Saviour in Jesus who forgives our sins and heals our diseases. Thank God for the principles of a healthy lifestyle which are clearly defined in the Bible. Thank God for the power of the Holy Spirit who lives within us, enabling us to experience the functional, purposeful life God created us to live.

Prayer: Heavenly Father, I need Your help to recognize and overcome my lingering dysfunctional thinking and behaviour. Thank You that You are at work within me giving me the desire, and the power, to do what pleases You. Please help me to do what is right, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with You, my God. Amen

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Identifying And Facing Dysfunction

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