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Peace Or “picking Up”

Friday July 28, 2023

God's kingdom runs on the laws of love and peace.  It really does!  Whatever is broken around us, or in us, is not of God.  It is the failure of humans to know and respond to God’s foundational laws. 

For the Kingdom of God is not a matter of what we eat or drink, but of living a life of goodness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. So letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace. (Romans 14:17, 8:6 NLT)

Some of us never knew or simply didn’t believe that God had prepared a plan for our lives.  We believed our dysfunctional circumstances were the controlling factor of our destiny.  We longed for peace and went to great lengths to find it.  We believed things like money, food, sex, and power would meet the need within us. However, we soon found out that not only were we wrong about trying to meet our needs our way, but the path we chose led us into the bondage of addiction.  

As we make the effort to navigate the road to recovery, we may again seek to meet our own needs.  While it is important to “not pick up” our drug or habit of choice, it is even more important to seek the path to a new and sustainable life.  We do not have sufficient strength in ourselves to sustain changed behaviour and always do the next right thing, but God offers us new life through faith in Jesus Christ.  When our hearts are surrendered to God, we will desire to choose God’s way rather that our own flawed way.  
I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit. (Romans 15:13 NLT)

We need to be filled with an ongoing supply of the power of God which he will generously give to those who are committed to live a life of love, joy, and peace. 

Prayer:  Heavenly Father, Please fill me again with the power of Your Holy Spirit so I can stand strong with confident hope and peace in a world of change and challenge.  Thank you for giving me everything I need to live a Godly life in recovery. Amen

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