Never Lost

Bible reading: Deuteronomy 8:1 – 18

Step 3: We made a decision to turn our lives and our wills over to the care of God.

“Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God – this is your spiritual act of worship.” (Romans 12:1)

Principle 3: Consciously choose to commit all of my life and will to Christ care and control.

“Happy are the meek.” (Matthew 5:8)

The road that leads to recovery is often uncharted and dangerous. We may have been born into a family that was lost in a maze of dysfunction and we have had to look for the way out. There are times of need, times of fear, times when we wonder if there is a God out there who cares at all.

The Israelites who were born in the wilderness must have experienced similar feelings. Their parents had sinned and were left to wander in the wilderness for 40 years. The new generation had spent much of their lives going nowhere, and for no fault of their own. When the Israelites were about to enter the Promised Land, Moses showed how even there, God’s care with present. He said, “Beware that you don’t forget the God who led you through the great and terrible wilderness with the dangerous snakes and scorpions, where it was hot and dry. He gave you water from the rock! He fed you with manna in the wilderness… So that you would become humble and so that your trust in him would grow, and he could do you good” (Deuteronomy 8:4, 15 – 16).

Even when we seem lost, God is watching over us to protect our lives until we can get to a better place. He does take care of us in ways we may take for granted. Peter tells us, “Let him have all your worries and cares, for he is always thinking about you and watching everything that concerns you” (1 Peter 5:7). Just being alive and in recovery shows that God cares for our lives!

When lost interpersonal deserts, we can be sure God is never far away.

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