Meditations on "Surrender"

Learning how to communicate well is an essential part of this new life with God in recovery that we are now living.

When we begin the recovery process we are often overwhelmed by the guilt and shame of the mess we have made of our lives. Being confident in our minds that we can live a positive and joyful life is half the battle.

God knows we are unable to find the way of peace on our own, so He accompanies us and guides us to it.

When we say we are entirely ready to have God remove our defects of character we need to be sure that we are not making room for some to stay.

It’s time to give up the tunnel vision of first looking to our own interests and, only when it is convenient, looking to the interests of others. Most important, it is time to give our energy and attention to God’s interests, because we will then experience the blessing of right relationship with Him and with others.

God is a God of order; He is not a God of confusion. Surrendering our minds to Him brings peace to our whole being.

God has solutions for all the problems we face whether it’s problems brought on by our own actions or the actions of others.

We need God’s help to identify our shortcomings and the infilling of the Holy Spirit to give us the will and the power to remove them.

When we say we have given our will and life over to the care of God, what does that mean to us? It means that in every situation we may encounter we have decided that we will obey the principles God has established for the guidance of our behaviour.

When our hearts are surrendered to God, we will desire to choose God’s way rather that our own flawed way.

God's Word gives us clear instructions, so we can determine how our way of living lines up with His directions

This new life we have been given begins each new day. Yesterday’s mistakes, blunders, worries and the resulting pain are all behind us. We are unable to change what has been said or done. We need to admit that, repent, turn away from the evil things we have done, and let go of the pain of those harmful things done to us. We need to turn to God who promises us a season of refreshing.