Security Or Chance
Often in recovery we are not sure where the future is going to take us, and it makes us fearful. In the past we used our addiction to help boost our confidence or blot out reality so we could survive. In sobriety, blurred images of ourselves come to life and we suffer the shame of the path we chose to follow. Thoughts of defeat tell us we will never be able to live securely in the new life God is offering us.
The alternative, however, is going back to a life guided by our own self-will and living in insecurity and chance. We are at a crossroad in our lives, which path will we choose?
So if you find life difficult because you’re doing what God said, take it in stride. Trust him. He knows what he’s doing, and he’ll keep on doing it. (1 Peter 4:19 MSG)
If we choose the path that God has planned for us, we are assured that God knows the way and He will guide us. If we choose the path of chance, we will struggle to find our way, and we will be alone as we walk in it. The unknown path that God has chosen for us is not unknown to God and He will make our way safer than any other way that is more familiar to us.
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. (Psalm 119:105 NKJV)
God guards you from every evil, he guards your very life. He guards you when you leave and when you return, he guards you now, he guards you always. (Psalm 121:7-8 MSG)
Prayer: Loving God, I confess that my own way does not work, and I am fearful of what the future holds for me. Please strengthen me to believe and trust in Your Word and follow You in all my ways. Amen
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