Daily Reprieve - January

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January 6

"MY HEART WILL NOT FEAR"

"Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break out against me, even then I will be confident." Psalm 27:3

"...We had to fearlessly face the proposition that either God is everything or else He is nothing." Alcoholics Anonymous, page 53

For what it's worth: Alcoholism filled my heart with fear by persistently parading God as nothing before me. Although I could not appreciate it while I was drinking, gratefully, I was everything to Him. His grace gained sobriety for me in Alcoholics Anonymous and gave me strength to make a fearless moral inventory in Step Four. I found I was controlled not only by addiction but all forms of fear, and, if I were to remain sober and stay out of hell, my Heavenly Father needed to become everything to me. But, how? Blessedly, during sobriety in Alcoholics Anonymous, many "wars" broke out against me in the form of physical, mental and spiritual attacks. I say "blessedly" because my Heavenly Father used each "war" to teach me to trust His love. Now, when the "armies" of life "besiege me, my heart will not fear".

God bless you.
Joe W.