May 31: A New Song
Look back at where you were five steps ago.
“I waited patiently for the LORD; he inclined to me and heard my cry. He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the LORD.”
David writes: I waited patiently for the Lord. He turned to me and heard my cry. He brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God.
Pit. Miry clay. Rock. Song. That’s a journey.
Think about your own. In Step One, you admitted that alcohol had beaten you and your life had become unmanageable. In Step Two, you came to believe God could restore you. In Step Three, you decided to turn your will and your life over to His care. In Step Four, you wrote an honest inventory. In Step Five, you told the whole truth to God, to yourself, and to another person.
That’s a lot. Maybe more than you thought you could do. And you did it with God’s help, one day at a time.
It’s a good day to look back over those five steps. Have you done each one, really? Is there anything you skipped, or rushed past? If so, it’s not too late. Talk with your sponsor.
Then look ahead. June is Step Six: becoming entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. You’ve found the defects. You’ve admitted them. Now comes willingness. Letting God change what you can’t change yourself.
The last line of this passage is worth holding onto. Many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord. Your story, the pit and the rock and the new song, may one day help someone else trust God too.
For now, sing the new song. Thank God for the firm ground under your feet.
One thing today
Write one sentence about each of the first five steps: what you did, and what God did. Read it back and thank Him.
A prayer
Lord, You brought me up out of the pit. You set my feet on a rock. Thank You for the new song. As I move into the next step, make me willing for whatever You want to change in me. Amen.
Look back at Step Five, and ahead to Step Six.
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