Friday, July 26, 2024 -learning From Sound Advice

Wise people are willing to listen to sound advice and learn.  When we begin our journey with God in recovery, we need to welcome help from people whose desire is for us to succeed in being restored to sanity.  We can learn from their experience, strength, and hope, because they have gained wisdom through conscious contact with God and by listening to others and following the principles recorded in the Bible which all lead to a successful life. 

Those who have walked the spiritual journey to recovery before us tell us of prayers that God faithfully answered when they felt like giving up.  They persisted in doing the next right thing and God made a way for them to be overcomers, even when they doubted there was a way forward.  If we choose to disregard the truth that in tough times God will give us the power we need to hold on, then in our foolishness, we will end up back in the same place we came from.  

God wants to take us through to victory, but if we are unwilling to pay attention to His sound principles, we will forever be on the same old roundabout.  

God’s Word, as recorded in the Bible, assures us that He will honour all the promises He has made.  Why not trust and obey what God says?  Why not be a person who gains wisdom?

Prayer:  Loving God, Help me to listen and learn from others who have walked this journey of recovery before me.  Please give me the will and desire to trust and obey Your Word so that I may gain wisdom and walk in Your ways. Amen