God Understands!

Psalm 147:5 (Life Recovery Bible)
How great is our Lord! His power is absolute! His understanding is beyond comprehension!

God created all things and cares about all creation, even the most lowly. We may think no one cares about us, but we can be assured that God does. He even watches over those who have no one else to care for them.

We can never understand all about ourselves, but God understands us completely - Sometime we don't know what we want, how we feel, what's wrong us, or what action we should take on particular things. but God's understanding has no limit, and for that reason He understands us fully.

With Christ's help, our understanding will grow - We hear with our ears, but their is a deeper kind of listening with the mind and heart that is necessary in order to gain spiritual understanding from Jesus.

God reveals truth to people who will act on it - Some people do not understand God's truth because they are not ready for it. Be patient take every chance to ask God for the Holy Spirit to open your mind and your heart to receive the truth and act on it.

Action is the Magic Word - Sobriety and Beyond (Father John Doe)

Discernment

James 1:5
If you don't know what you're doing, pray to the Father. He loves to help. You'll get his help, and won't be condescended to when you ask for it.

Discernment is essential in making wise decisions - Whenever we need the way to go in recovery we can pray to God, and He will supply the answers we need. I know it sounds too easy but it is true. We don't have to grope around in the dark looking for answers to our recovery questions all we have to do is ask God to guide us in our choices and He will.


Having discernment means judging correctly - Jesus said, "Do not judge" Matthew 7:2 he is talking about us having judgmental attitudes that tear others down in order to make ourselves look good. Paul taught us we should exercise discipline and let God be the final Judge 1 Corinthians 4:3-5

Discernment is essential for spiritual growth - In order to mature in recovery we must learn discernment. We must train our consciences, our senses and our minds to distinguish between good and evil. Can you recognise temptation before it grabs you?

Alcoholics Anonymous tells us our dependencies are cunning, baffling and powerful - In order to overcome them we must learn to Want what God wants! That is true discernment...