Sunday Psalm Freedom To Be Free

Before we came into recovery, we admitted that our lives were unmanageable, and we needed a power greater than ourselves to restore us to sanity.  We may have been unsure about God and what to expect from Him, but we were open to receive all the help we could get.  We no longer wanted to be a slave to our addictive practices and longed to be free to choose what was right and good.

He gives justice to the oppressed and food to the hungry.  The Lord frees the prisoners.  The Lord opens the eyes of the blind.  The Lord lifts up those who are weighed down.  The Lord loves the godly.  The Lord protects the foreigners among us.  He cares for the orphans and widows, but he frustrates the plans of the wicked.  The Lord will reign forever.  He will be your God, O Jerusalem, throughout the generations.  Praise the Lord!  (Psalm 146:7-10 NLT)

We may not have thought of our lifestyle as being oppressive and ourselves as prisoners, but that is exactly where we were in our addiction.  The destructive powers that controlled our lives restricted how we moved about each day.  We often felt compelled to lie, cheat, or steal, in our desperation to obtain our drug of choice.  There was no time for anything else in our lives. We were entirely occupied with doing what was required to supply our dependency.

Prayer:  Loving God, Thank You for freeing me from the bondage of my former lifestyle.  Please help me to remain free and never again allow the dark forces of oppression to enslave me to sin.  Amen

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