Twelve Steps Of A.a. Step One My Life Is Unmanageable (1)
Monday November 14, 2016
Step One: We admitted that we were powerless over our dependencies, that our life had become unmanageable.
Why do we continue to live life in our own way when it obviously isn’t pleasing, not even to us? Someone has defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Another saying is equally true, “If nothing changes, nothing changes.”
We tried to meet our desires with short-term solutions, and ended up with more significant levels of need. We thrashed around in our own distractions and failed to come even close to knowing what a purposeful and pleasing life looked like. The Bible paints a clear picture of our rebellion and the powerlessness of people trying to live their lives without God. God’s word proclaims,
My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water. (Jeremiah 2:13 NIV)
We were created for relationship with the God of infinite knowledge, power, and love. We were meant to continually draw breath and life from our Creator. We become a mess when we do not have the daily infilling power of God’s Holy Spirit. To fully live life in relationship with God and others, we need to fill up on what our Creator intended, not on what we determine might work.
What did your people of long ago find wrong with me? Why did they wander so far away from me? They worshiped worthless statues of gods. Then they themselves became worthless. Has a nation ever changed its gods? Actually, they are not even gods at all. But my people have traded away their glorious God. They have traded me for worthless statues of gods. (Jeremiah 2:5, 11 NIRV)
Lord God, Forgive me for choosing harmful relationships, substances and other things to try to meet my needs. I admit my choices resulted in a truly unmanageable existence. Today, I ask You to be everything I need because You made me and Your breath alone gives me life.
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