Whether it’s food, shopping, social media, pornography, substances, etc., many of us have loved (and sometimes lost) someone with addiction. In fact, so many of us struggle with addiction, that this struggle is a conversation Christians must have continually with ourselves, and with those around us.
I wonder if maybe at the core of addiction we feel that we are unworthy of God’s love, and we either don’t understand or have lost faith in His power. Maybe we never understood our true identity, or have forgotten it, and we feel lost in the storm. Caught in this struggle, we fight feelings of inadequacy, doubt, pain and worthlessness. We continually chase after our addiction, hoping that it will assuage our fears and pain. Believing that somehow we can overcome on our own, or that we’ll only give in “one last time-then I’m done for good”, we are often unable to fight the urges. In the following moments of self-loathing and defeat, we set up a firmer foundation to return to the addiction to fight the pain. And so the spiral goes, and with each turn the Enemy has us believing a LIE.
But Christ came so you could be free! You do not have to be addicted. There are people that care and even more importantly there is a God who cares! What you are searching for is found in him!
I want to give you a personal invitation to our new Transformation Thursday nights at PCOG. We offer a biblical solution to addiction and a group of people that will supply you in this battle that can be won! Beginning this Thursday night we will meet every week at 6pm. Praise and worship/ short biblical lesson/ small groups. I hope to see you Thursday evening at 6
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