Today’s journey has me deeply focused on abiding.  When I said yesterday that I am ingrained in the habit of doing, I really meant it.  Even in Celebrate Recovery I have promoted the idea that if we do something different to change our thinking, it will get us away from the triggers of addiction.  This much is true, but I’ve leaned heavily on simply doing to overcome the addiction or to escape from the temptations leading into acting on the temptation.  The idea of abiding in Jesus during temptation is somewhat of a mystery, yet I know there has to be tremendous spiritual substance in this.  I know the battle is already won by Christ so abiding in this is a start.

There was a quote in today’s lesson from Experiencing God that says man will often say, “don’t just stand there, do something!”  God, on the other hand often says, “Don’t just do something, stand there.”  He wants us to know His plan before we act.  This is counter-intuitive to man’s ways.  However, when we look over the period of time to see what is still rock solid, we see what God has put into place.  What man puts into place on his own usually crumbles over time when it is done without God’s leadership.

There are many things being done that man calls important, but I want to spend the rest of my life doing what God calls important.  I’m going to need to “stand here” for a while and learn well this lesson on abiding.