In Step-7 we come to God and humbly ask Him to remove our shortcomings. All of us were born into a sinful world with a fallen nature opposed to the ways of God. Each of us needs to be taught how to be kind and compassionate towards others, otherwise our selfish nature will cause us to act out of self-interest rather than being loving and caring. Some of us who were deprived of love and caring as children developed self-seeking character defects which contributed to our inability to get along with others.
In Step 3 we gave both our will and life over to the care of God and were born-again into a new life. We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves and identified those things in our old nature that were not in keeping with the new nature God has given us. Now our desire is to be free of these shortcomings. If we are sincere, God promises to remove them from us.
You were told that your foolish desires will destroy you and that you must give up your old way of life with all its bad habits. Let the Spirit change your way of thinking and make you into a new person. You were created to be like God, and so you must please him and be truly holy. (Ephesians 4:22-24 CEV)
As we journey with God in recovery, we need to be instructed in the truth of what Jesus accomplished for us by His death and resurrection. Jesus died so we could be free from our old evil nature and clothe ourselves with a new nature of honesty and purity. Through prayer and conscious contact with God the Holy Spirit who lives within us, we will understand God’s will for us and have the power to carry it out.
For God is at work within you, helping you want to obey him, and then helping you do what he wants. (Philippians 2:13 TLB)
Prayer: Loving God, I humbly ask you to remove all my shortcomings and help me to be new in the attitude of my mind, so I may practice Your principles in all my affairs. Amen
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