Step #6 – I Was Entirely? Ready (part 2)

Send us a text

The second part of step six has a couple of keywords that I really paid attention to as I was doing the step. Those keywords are  God and all. As a result of the first three steps, I learn and feel that my spirit is perfect. I learned this through the love of God which truly manifested itself in my life as a result of my surrender. My goal now was to conform my humanity to my Spirit. I knew that the power I received from God could truly restore me to sanity. This restoration to sanity was entirely dependent on how well I could follow the direction of my Spirit in order to remove those defects of character my humanity had developed as defense mechanisms. How did I know God would help me? The one, simple word that describes my belief, is the word, Faith. I knew that God was on my side and would give me all the power I needed with which to conform my life to His direction. I knew that God’s power was therefore all of my shortcomings. However, as it turned out, and as I believe it is for most of us, I insisted on hanging onto some of those shortcomings. I realized the truth of the saying, “the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak”. In my writings I have associated this step with the word and the gift of Readiness. There is also another gift of God that comes into play here, and that is the gift of Willingness. We have always possessed all of the gifts of God, simply waiting to be accepted and used by us. I have used them for much of my life. I am constantly using the gifts and power of God in a never ending attempt to conform my humanity to the wishes of my Spirit. I have never had a fight that has been so fulfilling and worthwhile.