God’s Promises for Families of Drug Addicts and AlcoholicsSample

## God will give you (and your loved one) strength for every battle. Last time we looked at how God promises He will always protect you and your loved one. Today, we will discover God’s promise to give you strength for every battle. When we face battles like addiction, we have to remember these battles are not ours to fight, they're God’s. Imagine going to battle alone and trying to fight this beast by yourself…would you be able to? No. You would quickly realize your weaknesses and surrender and cry out for help. So, instead of engaging in solo combat until you are completely weak physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually, give it to God to fight for you today. Just like in the story of David and Goliath. David told the Philistines that even though they came with a sword and spear, David came ready to fight with the greatest weapon of all: God. David was weak, but God gave him the strength to beat this giant with just a stone and sling, and He will give you the strength to fight your battles too. Will you allow God to fight the battles for you? Will you step out of the way so that He can have the chance to even fight this for your loved one? Addiction is a beast, but our God is bigger and stronger and will fight for our loved ones... and for us. We just need to step out of the way and give it to Him. Isaiah 40:31 tells us that even when it seems like we can't go another day in this battle, God will grant us renewed strength that only He can give us, to keep pushing on. He is there in our weakest times, but are you willing to let Him in? I remember believing my husband’s addiction was my battle to fight. I did all the research and looked for ways to get him clean and sober; it wasn’t until I truly threw my hands up and said, “I can’t do this. I don’t know how to get him sober” that God was able to step in and fight this battle for both of us. A couple of weeks later, my husband did the same thing, surrendering and entering treatment. I believe I had to surrender first and step out of the way so that God could fight the battle and get my husband to a place of surrender, too. Sometimes it doesn’t happen as quickly as we would like, but knowing this is God’s battle and not ours allows us to get back to a healthy place physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. > “But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.” Isaiah 40:31 Today’s Challenge Stop fighting the battle of addiction for your loved one. Each time you feel yourself start to go to battle for them, give it to God and let God fight it for you and give you the strength you need.