Growing Mature In Our Life With God

When we come into recovery we are usually immature in our knowledge of God and his ways and don’t really know how to live a meaningful life. Mature people in recovery groups welcome us and accompany us patiently and faithfully in order to support our growth in the knowledge of God and in learning how to put His way of life into practice. 

In the past we had little consideration for others and our daily agenda focussed only on fulfilling our own needs in whatever way it took. Our immature ways and self-focus reveal that our desire was simply to please ourselves.  Centering on our own pleasure reveals that we devoted our lives to the gods of everything that made us feel good.  Perhaps we did not know, or refused to abide by, the ways of the God of the Bible. 

Improving our conscious contact with God, gaining knowledge of the Scriptures, and practicing the principles we learn, will help us grow and mature in our life with God in recovery.  When Jesus died on the cross, He fully demonstrated the Scripture above. He loved his Father by fulfilling His Father's will for Him and He loved us by doing so.  Is our desire to remain in the love of Jesus as we choose to love each other?

If someone says, “I love God,” but hates a fellow believer, that person is a liar; for if we don’t love people we can see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see? (1 John 4:20 NLT)

Prayer:  Heavenly Father, Please help me to be mature in my knowledge of the Scriptures.  My desire is to seek Your will for my life and have the power to carry it out. Help me to spread the good news of the love of Jesus for every person. Amen