Adaptable To Change.

DAY 138 Celebrate Recovery Devotional.

Groundhog Day Revisited

"I sought the LORD, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame."

PSALM 34:4-5

When Then you think of Groundhog Day, what comes to mind? The movie, right? Can you imagine living the same day over and over again? I can! Only in my life, I am the guy who kept walking around the corner and coming face-to-face with a guy holding a baseball bat. That guy took a swing at me and made contact every time. It didn't matter how many times I got hit. I always believed the lie that somehow "this time he would miss. And yet, it kept happening over and over.

Of course, I'm not really talking about a guy with a baseball bat. I'm talking about getting knocked in the head by the same old hurts, hang-ups, and habits. Finally in my recovery, I realized the path I was taking was not working, and it was time for change. My pain had to become greater than my fear of change. I finally got tired of the bloody noses and emotional bruises inflicted on me by my poor choices. I had to come to grips with the truth that no matter how hard I tried, nothing was going to change until I changed my course and allowed Christ to fight for me.

We don't have to relive the painful consequences over and over again. Pain may be inevitable in our lives, but walking into a baseball bat is not. We can choose to go another way.

PRAYER

Heavenly Father, I surrender to you my bullheaded resistance to change. Show me how to walk away from the hurtful behavior of the past. In Jesus' name, Amen.