Principle 5: Voluntarily submit to every change God wants to make in my life and humbly ask Him to remove my character defects.
“Happy are those whose greatest desire is to do what God requires.” – Matthew 5:6
Step 6: We were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
“Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.” – James 4:10
What does it mean to be entirely READY to have God remove our character defects?
Release control
It has been said that willingness is the key that goes into the lock and opens the door that allow God to begin to remove your character defects.
“Help me to do your will, for you are my God. Lead me in good paths, for your Spirit is good.” – Psalm 143:10, TLB
Easy does it
These principles and steps are not quick fixes! You need to allow time for God to work in your life.
“Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust him to help you do it and he will.” – Psalm 37:5, TLB
Accept the change
You need to be ready to accept God’s help throughout the transition.
“So then, have your minds ready for action. Keep alert and set your hope completely on the blessing which will be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed. Be obedient to God, and do not allow your lives to be shaped by those desires you had when you were still ignorant.” – 1 Peter 1:13-14, GNB
Do replace you character defects
You spent a lot of time with your old hang-ups, compulsions, obsessions, and habits. When God removes one, you need to replace it with something positive.
“When and evil spirit goes out of a person it travels over dry country looking for a place to rest. If it can’t find one, it says to itself, ‘I will go back to my house.’ “So it goes back and finds the house empty, then it goes out and brings along seven other spirits even worse than itself, and they come to live there.” – Matthew 12:43-45, GNB
Yield to the growth
Your old self-doubts and low self-esteem may tell you that you are not worthy of the growth and progress that you are making in the program. Yield to the growth — it is the Holy Spirit’s work within you.
“The person who has been born into God’s family does not make a practice of sinning, because now God’s life is in him; so he can’t keep on sinning, for this new life has been born into him and controls him — he has been born again.” – 1 John 3:9, TLB
Are you entirely ready — willing — to voluntarily submit to any and all changes God wants to make in your life?
Below are the two short videos that were shown towards the end of the lesson.