Someone once asked me the secret of victorious living. I told him that there is no magic formula. But if any one word could describe it, it would be surrender.
You may ask, "How can I surrender my life?"...There needs to be confession of wrongs and a complete yielding of every area of our lives, personalities, and wills to our Higher Power -- plus faith that God will accept that commitment.
It's not enough for us to have taken the Third Step. It is not enough to have prayed, for the first time, at a specific point in time, the third step prayer. We cannot walk successfully in the glow of that experience for the rest of our lives. We need to return and renew those commitments with God on a daily basis. We need to take inventory and have regular spiritual checkups.
.....daily surrender -- that's the key to daily victory.
adapted from Hope for Each Day, Graham
2 comments:
What a blessing that the steps enable us to live victoriously! I hear so many people in meetings wondering and trying to figure out how to surrender. It is, thankfully, not an intellectual exercise! God gave us the steps through which to turn our wills over, and we can practice this every time our wills trip us up.
When I find myself exerting my will because I think one of my probably fabricated needs is not being met, not only am I being asked to surrender my character defects, but also my perceptions of what I "need". God has provided all I need, as long as I focus on doing well what He has put in front of me to do. So surrender of all these other needs is a key for my acceptance that I AM OKAY (all my needs are being met) in God's eyes.
Beth
Nancy-
Your posts are very thought provoking for me right now. I have a lot on my plate. One are I am working on is resentment, and your post really helped.
Thanks
John M.
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