Power over Addiction
Posted in The Historical Faith and tagged with Addiction, Bible, God, Jesus Christ on November 2, 2007Yesterday I was listening to the Neal Boortz radio show, and he was talking to a smoker about quitting smoking. Neal said, “It is completely within your power to do it.” As much as I do often enjoy Neal’s show, I have a problem with this statement.
To all those who struggle with an addiction: it is most likely not within you power to overcome it. You may have tried many times to quit, but find yourself unable. This is not because you need to look deeper for your inner strength or you don’t have the right program, or even that you don’t have enough support from those around you. The problem is that you are not tapping into the right source of power.
God offers that kind of help and power. The Bible tells us:
And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ’s sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.
(2 Corinthians 12:9-10 NASU)
If you are struggling don’t look inside yourself for your “inner strength,” but look to the One who is all-powerful. That is where true hope lies.
Ronnica
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