Meditations on "Recovery"

Someone has said, “Deception is the first device of the devil.

Because we are God’s beloved creation, we are the target of the devil’s agenda every day.

Many people believe that freedom to act as they choose gives them the opportunity to have the most control over their own lives.

Once we have cleaned up our lives from all past involvement in destructive and addictive practices we are home free for a life of joy and peace and blessing, right?

When we unreservedly give our will and life over to the care of God, our lives will be positively changed.

Canadian songwriter and worship leader Brian Doerksen recorded the song “Welcome To The Place of Level Ground“ with individuals who had spent time in correctional facilities or who were coming back from addictive and destructive lifestyles.

Our hearts and minds often feel divided. We see a new way and we long for what it promises, but our old way offers some familiar comfort as well.

O people, the Lord has told you what is good, and this is what he requires of you: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.

Relapse can catch us more easily when we allow our minds to drift away from God’s truth and linger instead on foolish obsessions.

We make ourselves vulnerable to relapse when we are willing to dwell on harmful thoughts and desires for activities that previously led us astray.

Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

Upon wakening each morning, are our first thoughts of God with a desire to praise Him for His grace and goodness to us or, are they focused on our problems and those things that need to be done?