Wisdom The Benefit Of Doing Things God’s Way Over The Long Haul

Saturday February 24, 2024

How many times have we spoken before thinking and, as the saying goes, “put our foot in our mouth?” For too long we have held narrow views of life and our place in it. God created us for community and caring relationships. In the scriptures we have all the knowledge we will need to live life well every day.

If you listen closely to my wisdom and good sense, you will have sound judgment, and you will always know the right thing to say. (Proverbs 5:1-2 CEV)

In Step 11 of the 12-Step program we are encouraged each day to improve our conscious contact with God, praying only for the knowledge of His will and the power to carry it out. As we encounter God’s wisdom in the Bible and put His ways into practice, we will have the satisfaction and joy of experiencing how practical the Scriptures really are. In some circumstances it is a challenge for us to put God’s ways into practice. God teaches us to be generous to others which is opposite to the self-centered messages we have heard and told ourselves in addiction. However, when we choose for God’s way we discover His way is better.

The Lord watches your ways. He studies all your paths. Sinners are trapped by their own evil acts. They are held tight by the ropes of their sins. They will die because they refused to be corrected. Their sins will capture them because they were very foolish. (Proverbs 5:21-23 NIRV)

To walk with God requires that we always discipline ourselves. The more often we make the choice to do things God’s way, the more often we will see that it was exactly the right thing to do at that time. Those around us will benefit from our right actions and our sense of what truly is good will become clearer to us. This is part of the message we will choose to carry to others as we practice God’s principles in all our affairs.

Prayer: Heavenly Father, Help me to not only meditate and pray for the knowledge of Your will but to have the courage to put it into practice in all my affairs. My desire is to trust Your wisdom and Your way even when it is inconvenient or quite different from what I have known in the past. I choose once again to turn my will and my life over to Your care and ask for Your direction in all my ways. Amen

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