Last night was the closing night for the 16th year of our Celebrate Recovery ministry. The lesson was lesson 25 which is the Seven Reasons We Get Stuck. It was incredible to hear this lesson once again and reflect on each area. As I did I could easily see in my own past 16 years where I have been stuck in each and all of the areas. As one takes a look at this, one can then see where we need to spend some additional time as the new year of CR begins next Thursday night.

The 2nd area of the lesson is: “You have not completely surrendered your life and your will to the Lord.” It is easy to say I’ve surrendered my life to Jesus. I did that many years ago. I have learned however, that surrendering one’s will to Jesus is a daily, if not often during the day, item. It is so easy to begin one’s day fully surrendered and within the next hour or two your are deeply into your own will. Only you know if this action has replaced God’s Will with your own. For me I know when I’m doing something I want while I set aside something I know I should be doing for God. This is always in line with the nudges I get and I’m sure each one of us get.

These lessons are good reminders for staying focused. Our flesh never leaves us, so our focus on a daily surrender of our will needs to be done. It is right at the top of my list and for good reason!