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Living The Promise

Sunday December 29, 2024
  

As we work our recovery program we find that life changes.  Nothing happens in an instant but when we reflect on a month, or 90 days, or a year or more and compare the person we once were with the person we are now, the transformation is striking.  One area where we notice this change is given to us in the eleventh AA Promise when it says, “We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us.”

Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” (John 8:31-32 NIV) 

This change comes about as we give our will and life over to God’s care and receive His healing and guidance.  As we do the work of coming to truth in Steps 4 and 5 and then let go of the resentments and defects of character that have plagued us for so long, we give God a chance to introduce us to the person He created us to be.  We also get to know the plan He has prepared for our lives.  Whenever we live in the truth of who we really are we experience freedom and that results in us intuitively knowing how to handle situations that used to baffle us.

Be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing, and perfect will.  (Romans 12:2b NIV) 

As we’ve heard the truth of God’s word and the witness of those who have shared their experience, strength, and hope with us, our own thinking and understanding of life has changed.  Every time we give God an opportunity to heal an old wound, we get stronger, and our minds become clearer.  We put God’s principles into practice and experience the joy of witnessing for ourselves how trustworthy He is.  One situation after another that used to baffle us is now an opportunity to see how good and pleasing and perfectly things will work out when we live in God’s will and follow His ways.

Prayer:  Heavenly Father, I want to walk in the freedom of Your truth.  Thank you for the opportunity to live one day at a time as the person You created me to be.  My hope is to enjoy Your presence ever with me and to fulfill the good plan You have for my life.  Amen

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