Recovery Christian Center Daily Meditation - 4/1/12 - Step 3 - Committing to God

"So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world. Let there be tears for what you have done. Let there be sorrow and deep grief. Let there be sadness instead of laughter, and gloom instead of joy. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up in honor." James 4:7-10 NLT

Step 3: We made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God through Jesus Christ. (12 Steps for Christian Recovery)

In the previous steps we admitted the problem and the solution. Now in this step we are simply being asked to make a decision to commit to that solution. The time for being on the fence is over, now its time to truly buy in to the process. The reason we make this commitment is simply because we understand that our recovery is tied to this decision. We can't expect to access the Source of our hope and strength if we're not connected to that Source.

It's very simple really. We know that in order to recover we have to change, and we can't change ourselves dramatically enough to maintain our recovery. The only being that can change us is God but He has also given us free will. Simply knowing we need help is not enough. He won't begin to help us on a deeper level until we ask and allow Him to help us. It's time to to allow God's will to become our will for ourselves and to let Him care for the our live that we have only made a train wreak of. Once we surrender to Christ we can really begin to recover.