Wonderfully Made

Bible reading Psalms 139:13 – 18

Step 4 - We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.

Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the Lord. Lamentations 3:40

Principle 4 – Openly examine and confess my faults to myself, to God, and to someone I trust. (Steps 4 and 5)

“Happy are the pure in heart.”

Growing up, we may have been led to believe that we were “good enough”. We probably try to become “good enough” by doing, since we weren’t acceptable just as we were. We need to be careful as we make a moral inventory not replay in our own minds all the old lies about our lack of value as human beings. This Is not the purpose of the inventory! Using it this way can be detrimental to our recovery.

We need to replace the misconceptions about our self-worth with the truth. David reflected on God’s view of us when he wrote: “You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body, and knit them together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! It is amazing to think about. Your workmanship is marvelous – and how well I know it. You were there while I was being formed in utter seclusion! You saw me before I was born and scheduled each day of my life before I began to breathe. Every day was recorded in your Book! How precious it is, Lord, to realize that you are thinking about me constantly! I can’t even count how many times a day your thoughts turn towards me.” (Psalm 139:13 – 18)

David’s glimpse of the high-value God places in our lives, even before we are, shows that our value precedes doing. By faith we need to accept this foundational truth about our basic values as human beings. We must accept that our lives are worth the pain of working through recovery.

Aspects of God’s perfect character are reflected in the lives of each and every person.