Recovery is not a sprint; it is a marathon. There are days when the adrenaline fades, the initial excitement of sobriety wears off, and the road looks long and dusty. We feel like we can’t take another step. We feel burned out.
Usually, burnout happens because we have switched back to the wrong fuel source. We are trying to run the race on our own willpower again.
If you are running on your own power, you will eventually faint. It’s inevitable. But if you come to believe in a Power greater than yourself, you tap into a renewable energy source that does not depend on your mood or your circumstances. There is one ultimate authority who never grows weary, and He offers to trade His strength for your exhaustion.
Notice the scripture mentions eagles. Eagles don’t fly by flapping their wings frantically; they fly by finding thermal currents of wind and letting the wind carry them higher. Hope is that wind. It isn’t just wishing things were better; it is waiting on the Lord with expectation, trusting that He will carry you when your own legs have given out.
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