June 1: Humble Yourselves

You’ve seen your defects clearly now. The question this month is whether you’re ready to let them go.

Step Six says we were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. It’s a short step. It’s easy to read past it. But it asks something deep.

Notice who does the removing. God. Not you. Your inventory showed you the defects: selfishness, dishonesty, fear, resentment, pride, and the rest. Step Five let you admit them. Now Step Six asks you to become ready for God to take them away.

That might sound easy. Of course you want to be rid of your defects. But look closer. Some of them have been useful. Anger kept people at a distance. Dishonesty got you out of trouble. Self-pity got you sympathy. Pride protected you from feeling small. Letting go of them means facing life without those old tools.

That’s why James says: humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will exalt you. Humility here isn’t thinking badly of yourself. It’s admitting that you can’t fix yourself. You’ve tried. It didn’t work. Willingness means letting God do what you couldn’t.

And notice the promise. He will lift you up. Humility isn’t the end of the story. It’s the doorway to being raised.

This step often doesn’t take long, sometimes a day or two of honest reflection and prayer. But it lays the ground for everything after it.

If you use the Steps & Scripture app, Jimmy or Sarah can help you pull your defects from your inventory and talk through each one. Whether in the app or on paper with your sponsor, the work is the same: honest willingness.

If you feel a little afraid of who you’ll be without some of these old ways, that’s normal. You don’t have to know. God does. He made you, and He knows the person He’s restoring you to be.

One thing today

Read through your inventory and write down every character defect that showed up more than once. Just the list. Don’t try to fix anything yet.

A prayer

God, I’ve seen my defects. I’ve tried to fix them myself, and I can’t. I humble myself before You. Make me ready to let You take them away. Lift me up in Your time. Amen.

This month’s step: Step Six.

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