DAY 41

Group Support
It’s really neat when someone is honest about an area in their life which God wants to change, especially if you have been aware of that issue for some time but they’ve been in denial. This happened in our Group last night. We were supposed to identify one behavior, attitude or habit in our own life that kept us from experiencing God’s best for us. One person named the very character flaw that I found frustrating in them, and had been praying about how to deal with it. When they named that very thing, I was amazed that they saw it. With God’s help they saw it for what it is. That was so encouraging to me, because I knew God was “on it”. The next step was to commit to an “intentional spiritual practice” that would help change that one flaw--and to agree to be held accountable for doing that practice. As that commitment was made, I could see that God was in this change process.

Where else would I have seen that happen? Realistically, I can’t think of a place. But that’s what can happen in a Group.

I had my own flaw to share, so now I have my own “intentional practice” to be accountable for. Where else would I have felt safe and comfortable enough to admit my own flaw(s) so openly? Where else would I not be afraid of what people would think? Where else would I feel so accepted in spite of my flaw(s)? Where else would I be held accountable to carry out my “practice”? I don’t have another place like that in my life. It happens in my Community Group. And I can count on prayer support from the group along the way.

Doing the Soul Revolution in Group has confronted me with a gentle but needed push to make the changes God shows me as I read and do the exercises. I also get an opportunity to see God’s work in the lives of others. Thank you, God, for your plan of community life. Your plan is always the best.