"In thinking about our day we may face indecision. We may not be able to determine which course to take. Here we ask God for INSPIRATION, an intuitive thought or decision. We relax and take it easy. We don't struggle. We are often surprised how the right answers come after we have tried this for a while.
What used to be the hunch or the occasional INSPIRATION gradually becomes a working part of the mind. Being still inexperienced and having just made conscious contact with God, it is not probable that we are going to be inspired at all times. We might pay for this presumption in all sorts of absurd actions and ideas. Nevertheless, we find that our thinking will, as time passes, be more and more on the plane of INSPIRATION. We come to rely upon it."
It is in conscious contact with God that INSPIRATION may be received. It is where a recovered alcoholic lives.
INSPIRATION is defined in the dictionary as, "the thoughts of God implanted in the mind and soul of man." When the thoughts of God are received in our souls we don't need to run them by our intellect, as we know immediately that they are the Truth. The question becomes, has our human nature surrendered to the will of God in this moment so that we are capable of receiving God's thoughts OR are our thought processes propelled by our human instinct? A recovered alcoholic lives in and through INSPIRATION as their thought process is propelled by the will of God.
Written by Armand
Armand,
ReplyDelete"Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our "conscious" contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out... Although many of us in the rooms of AA fail to recognize it at first, the introduction to Step 11 is encountered in all of it's fullness at the end of every AA meeting when we recite The Lords Prayer. Even the most cursory attempt at contemplation upon these divinely delivered words begins to reveal the true mind, heart and will of an eternal God who's greatest desire is for our complete redemption and eternal fellowship with Him... For many of us, for the first time in our lives, we humbly acknowledge in a corporate way God's position, present our petition and acknowledge His plan.
It is no coincidence that when we join hands and pray in that way that an indescribable peace seems to ever so subtly wash over the room. In that moment, all of our challenges, doubts and fears fade to the background as His Spirit walks amongst us and for that brief moment all of the clamor and clutter that inhabits and inhibits our lives looses its steely grip as minds are focused solely on the Master. Step 11 is Gods continuing call that gently beckons us to seek out His inspiration through prayerful meditation on His Person and His Word. He delights and grows a constant prayerful conversation that, if we are willing, ever so subtly eventually begins to posses every waking moment. Until, one day at a time, we eventually discover our very lives have become not our prayer, but His...
A Gratefully Recovering Alcoholic
A Gratefully Recovering Alcoholic a surrendered Life lived in the will of God fulfills the desire to Pray always...Thank you...Armand
DeleteMichael C.
ReplyDeleteIn the Big Book program of recovery, I’ve learned that there exists a spiritual sequence as the awakening/receiving process evolves. That process is carefully structured on the integration of all Twelve Steps into my life in such a way that I experience the possession of the life I was born to live. Throughout each day and each Step, I am gifted with Inspiration. It is the result of commitment and persistence. As we are promised, this state of consciousness and being will always materialize if we work for it. Thus, Inspiration remains a gift but a gift dependent on action. The AA plan of action is outlined for all of us. It doesn’t differ from one sufferer to another regardless of circumstances. The question is - are we willing to do the work?
Michael the work of AA becomes our reward.
ReplyDelete.Thank you...Armand