Twelve Steps Of A.a. Step Ten Ongoing Personal Inventory (2)
Our old ways of thinking and behaving are being replaced as we journey with God in our new life in recovery. New things bring new challenges as they push against our old ways. Taking regular personal inventory enables us to assess if the challenges are just the temporary pain of new muscles being built or, if our vulnerable areas are being exposed. It’s important that our ongoing daily inventory starts here.
Oh, that we might know the Lord! Let us press on to know Him. He will respond to us as surely as the arrival of dawn or the coming of rains in early spring. (Hosea 6:3 NLT)
How many times have we watched athletes and marveled at the ease with which they perform their sport? We know that they developed their ability through rigorous training, the discipline that sets the athlete apart from the spectator.
What are we doing from day to day, even moment by moment, to train ourselves to hear and respond to the voice of God? Are we challenging ourselves to do things like pray and read and study and reflect on the word of God? If we choose to follow this discipline, regardless of how we feel, we will discover surprising truths about how God says life works. We will discover that life is dramatically different from what we have practiced or what we experience around us in everyday society. Our ongoing inventory helps us identify how we are growing in putting God’s way of life into practice.
Trust in the Lord and do good; live in the land and be safe. Seek your happiness in the Lord, and he will give you your heart's desire. Give yourself to the Lord; trust in him, and he will help you. (Psalm 37:3-5a GNT)
God has a plan for our life that gives satisfaction, meaning, and joy. As we continue to take personal inventory, and promptly adjust any shortcomings, we will achieve the desired ease of living at peace with God, with ourselves, and with our neighbor. Enriched by God’s goodness and love through each step of the journey, we have God’s assurance that we will advance towards our goal of living life to the full.
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