Thursday, March 12, 2015
Trust In God
There is an old Biblical story that I can relate to and it has to do with having TRUST IN GOD. When the Jewish people left Egypt "The Exodus" God had prepared a land for them, The Promised Land. The Promise Land was an eleven day journey from Egypt. When they arrived Moses sent a scout from each of the twelve tribes to explore The Promised Land and report back. They reported that the area was magnificent, a land flowing with milk and honey but the people there are powerful and the cities well fortified. Whats more, we saw giants seven to nine feet tall. This caused fear in the people The only scouts willing to face their fears by TRUSTING IN GOD were Caleb and Joshua who were willing to enter The Promised Land. The Jewish people decided not to enter. For the next forty years the Jews wandered around in the wilderness until all those who were over twenty at the time had died. Once again they stood at The Promise Land and only Caleb and Joshua who were over twenty from forty years ago were allowed to enter as they had been willing to face their fears by TRUSTING IN GOD.
I have had my exodus from alcohol and I am tired of wandering around in the wilderness and I am done. I am facing my fears by TRUSTING IN GOD and I am entering The Promised Land. A land of serenity, peace and joy and yes, I am ready. I came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
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Certainly, I can relate to the story as it relates to me. After years in AA, I began to realize that it was only through AA and The Twelve Steps, that I could enter the promised land of me. That through the developing of a personal relationship with The Power Within me, I could achieve the highest form of spiritual connection to myself: I could get to know and love me. I believe that we are all born perfect, and that by trusting completely in The Power Within, we can be guided back to that perfection. That is our model. Only by letting go of the version of me that has denied me the higher version of me can I experience true peace of mind. Without a deep connection to the AA Program of Recovery, the road to me through Him would never have been unblocked.
ReplyDeleteMichael In the will of God we are perfected as we have become the human being God created us to be even though our human nature is imperfect...Thank yopu so much...Armand
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The parallels between Exodus and our personal escape from bondage through the 12 Steps of AA are profound indeed. A thorough reading clearly illuminates that same diabolically devious "Trojan Horse" thought life that portrays the efforts of our enemy as the desired vehicle to free the lives of the very people its sole purpose is intended to enslave and destroy. God hasn't ransomed us just to release us back into the prison of "half measures" and lost hope. Although I desperately desired to enter The Promised Land, certain events in the day found me incapable of "generating" the depth of faith required to manifest an absolute trust in Gods guidance and plan. How then can I walk in the power of the Spirit? Mark 9: 14 - 29 holds the answer. Here we find a frantic father, desperately seeking relief for his demonized son. No doubt he sought every local source of human and spiritual ingenuity available to effect a cure, all to no avail. He hears of the miraculous works of Jesus, a furtive hope is kindled, he sets out into the wilderness. But hopes are dashed as Christ's own disciples are impotent against the author of his sons's beastly captivity.
Jesus arrives on the scene, questions the father who relates his desperation, the failure of His disciples to effect a cure in Christ's absence, then pleads "Have mercy on us and help us if you can." "If I can?" Jesus asked. "Anything is possible if a person believes." The father instantly cries out "I do believe, but help me overcome my unbelief!" He had opened his heart and laid his innermost need bare before the Master. He asked for a miracle and... It was provided. In that instant, lost hope transformed into saving faith as he witnessed the impossible. But the story wasn't over, His disciples asked "Why couldn't we cast out that evil spirit?" Jesus replied, "This kind can only be cast out by prayer and fasting." Yes, some things do require extra effort on our part but all things can be overcome as we at first desperately, then willingly and fervently lay them at the feet of our God.
A Gratefully Recovering Alcoholic.
A Grateful Recovering Alcoholic surrender to God all of our existence is needed - even those areas of our life that we are incapable of surrendering As you wrote we lay them at the feet of God...Well said and thanks...Armand
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