I have committed myself to a life a sobriety. However, there are times when I feel that commitment being tested. There is no running away from it. I have to face it. I have to learn to accept that although I have changed, my environment is still the same. Without the power of prayer, giving up alcohol would have been nearly impossible. There are days when I feel like I am swimming against the tide of life. My entire world seems to be flowing one way and I am committed to flowing the other. It would be easy to just let go of the nautical decor and allow my life to be swept away into the yonder but that would be failure. I am in a battle and I need to outlast this time of testing. It can be done and it will be done. I will overcome.
As for me, I would seek God and inquire of and require Him, and to God would I commit my cause Job 5: 8
Roll your works upon the Lord [commit and trust them wholly to Him; He will cause your thoughts to become agreeable to His will, and] so shall your plans be established and succeed. Proverbs 16: 3
But thank God, though you were once slaves of sin, you have become obedient with all your heart to the standard of teaching in which you were instructed and to which you were committed. Romans 6: 17
Commit your way to the LORD, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass. Psalm 37: 5
Exodus 17:11-13.
ReplyDelete“Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. And so it was, when Moses held up his
hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. But Moses’
hands became heavy; so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. And Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands weres teady until the going down of the sun. So Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.”
When we accept Jesus Christ as our Saviour we experience the same pattern as Israel: Out of Egypt (bondage), through the red sea, to mount Sinai, through the wilderness, to the Promise land.
In the wilderness we find the Amalekites (our flesh/physical side), Moses (our spiritual side). To win over the enemy of our flesh, we have to stand on the high place, abide in the Truth, live it with the help of His Spirit and His Word.
Bryan, your commitment to overcome, like Moses, will ensure your victory over the Amalekites.
James 1:12 (NIV) Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.