Recovery Christian Center Daily Meditation - 4/5/12 - Step 7 - God Loves Our Willingness

"And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have God’s Son does not have life. I have written this to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know you have eternal life. And we are confident that He hears us whenever we ask for anything that pleases Him. And since we know He hears us when we make our requests, we also know that He will give us what we ask for." 1 John 5:11-15 NLT

Step 7: We humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.

One of the many joys of parenting is when our children trust us enough to come to us when they are struggling with something. When they are maturing enough to ask for help or ask us to share our experience we are usually grateful that what we have taught them is beginning to come to fruition. Well it is the same with God when we bring our struggles to Him. Too many of us think that God will be angry when we bring our shortcomings to Him, when exactly the opposite is true. He knows that we can't change our shortcomings by our self. He knows only He has the power to remove them so in fact like any parent waiting on their child to ask, He is patiently sitting on the sidelines waiting for us to ask. When we ask God to take away what is no longer what is healthy for us we are carrying out His will. We are asking for something He wants for us. So instead of being ashamed that we are asking for help, we should find joy in the love He has for us knowing that He wants to help us.