BIBLE READING: James 4:7-10
We made a decision to turn our will and our life over to the care of God.
We may have already chosen to follow God, letting him define the overall direction of our life. Even so, many of us still try to keep parts of our heart hidden from God. We have devoted these parts of ourself to gratifying our addiction, to doing things that are contrary to the will of God. This sets us up for living a double life, which can fill us with guilt, shame, and instability.
Even those of us who have given our heart to God face new temptations and decisions every day. James was addressing believers when he wrote: “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” (James 4:7-8).
If we choose to live a double life, we may begin to doubt whether God hears us at all. As James wrote: “A person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind. Such people should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. Their loyalty is divided between God and the world, and they are unstable in everything they do” (James 1:6-8).
When we resist the devil at every turn and draw close to God, he will draw close to us. When we open the hidden portions of our heart and begin to make choices in favor of recovery, we will soon grow confident that God desires to help us.”
Excerpt From: Tyndale House Publishers. “The Life Recovery Bible NLT.
We made a decision to turn our will and our life over to the care of God.
We may have already chosen to follow God, letting him define the overall direction of our life. Even so, many of us still try to keep parts of our heart hidden from God. We have devoted these parts of ourself to gratifying our addiction, to doing things that are contrary to the will of God. This sets us up for living a double life, which can fill us with guilt, shame, and instability.
Even those of us who have given our heart to God face new temptations and decisions every day. James was addressing believers when he wrote: “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” (James 4:7-8).
If we choose to live a double life, we may begin to doubt whether God hears us at all. As James wrote: “A person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind. Such people should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. Their loyalty is divided between God and the world, and they are unstable in everything they do” (James 1:6-8).
When we resist the devil at every turn and draw close to God, he will draw close to us. When we open the hidden portions of our heart and begin to make choices in favor of recovery, we will soon grow confident that God desires to help us.”
Excerpt From: Tyndale House Publishers. “The Life Recovery Bible NLT.
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