We fear we’ll never get a handle on our addiction. The insanity of continuing to do what is heaping on us trouble and trouble. The longer we stay on our addiction the more trouble we bring upon ourselves. We have gone our own way and tried to live life on our terms. However, living life on our own has landed us in our addiction. When we talk about addiction it’s easy for us to think about drugs and alcohol addictions, but we can find ourselves in many other forms of addictions like food, relationships, gambling, pornography, smartphones. The list is endless.
We have believed in our own ability to put an end to our addiction, but the madness continues. We have placed our faith in ourselves, hoping that today will be different, but it wasn’t. We have struggled with our addiction and we are losing the fight. In Step 1 we admitted we were powerless and that our lives have become unmanageable. After all of our attempts we have come to the end of ourselves. Now we have to decide if we will continue on this path of nonsense or seek help from a greater power source. At this point it’s in our best interest to “believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.” (Step 2).
Isaiah 41:10 says, “So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” When we come to believe in Jesus as the power greater than ourselves we no longer fear the future. When Jesus is our high Power we tap into the same power of God that, by mere words, brought about the creation of all things is now available to us. It’s the same power that raised Jesus from the dead. Now that’s a power that surpasses all others. Regardless of our addiction we can overcome through the power of the Holy Spirit.
God, through His prophet Isaiah, tells us that He will strengthen and help us, and He will uphold us with HIs righteous right hand. To be upheld by God’s righteous right hand signifies divine justice, supreme authority, and the guarantee that God will protect and vindicate us during difficult times. I say from personal experience that addiction is the ultimate difficult time. Yet, we don’t have to overcome it alone. Jesus is for us, He wants us to succeed. So, when we believe that Jesus is the greatest higher Power we can stop the insanity of addiction, or anything else in life.
Whatever your addiction. Whatever battle you are fighting. Jesus can restore you to sanity. Jesus can give you the power you need to travel in a different direction. An end to the insanity has a name. Jesus!
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