We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves. Alcoholics Anonymous Page 84
The last promise in the Big Book came true for me on the very first day of sobriety. God kept me sober that day, and on every other day I allowed Him to operate in my life. He gives me the strength, courage and guidance to meet my responsibilities in life so that I am then able to reach out and help others stay sober and grow. He manifests within me, making me a channel of His word, thought and deed. He works with my inner self, while I produce in the outer world, for He will not do for me what I can do for myself. I must be willing to do His work, so that He can function through me successfully.
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My thoughts exactly!
Where am I messed up?
The second to the last sentences ends with “for He will not do for me what I can do for myself. ” Is the word “not” entered by mistake???
Here I’ve been thinking that He WILL do for me…
The sentence is correct. God will NOT do for you what you SHOULD be doing yourself!!! That would be enabling you. He WILL give you the courage to do what you should and can do yourself. Get it???
I agree with Ray, the word ‘NOT’ shouldn’t be in there. The Daily Reflections book has ‘NOT’ in there as well. Interesting.
And this is certainly not “The last promise in the Big Book”, as the book is filled with promises. Example: yesterday’s reading, Sept 20th.
I guess the Author should have read the rest of the book…
and I guess “Daily Reflections” should have read it too.
God will not do for me those things I am capable of doing myself – I.e. He will not make my ends for me. He will provide the strength and courage for me to do them
he will do what I am not capable of doing – no matter what I tried, I could not atop drinking. God did that. Also, I was so dependent on certian destructive relationships that I would never imagine ending them. God stepped in and provided an end.
Make sense?