From Darkness to Destiny

From Darkness to Destiny

Understanding Divine Direction

Personal reflections from a fellow traveler.  Not AA approved literature.  Shared in the spirit of Experience, Strength, and Hope.

“Your word is a lamp unto my feet…” — Psalm 119:105

No stadium lights.  Not a floodlight that reveals the horizon.  A lamp.

Womp, womp.

I want certainty. I want God to show me the whole map — the woman, the money, the mission, the outcome. I want assurance before obedience. I want destiny without the darkness.

But recovery doesn’t work that way.

Step Three does not guarantee clarity. It promises surrender.
Step Eleven does not declare vision. It offers conscious contact.
And conscious contact often feels like one dim, flickering lamp.

A lamp shows you just enough for the next step.
It does not show you who will betray you.
It does not show you how long the valley lasts.
It does not show you where the road ends.

It shows your feet, and that….. is the test.

Faith is not trusting when the horizon is visible.
Faith is moving when only your next footprint is illuminated.

In my darkest seasons — war, addiction, divorce, fear — I begged for answers. Instead, I was given direction. Subtle. Quiet. One small obedient act at a time.

Call your sponsor.
Make amends.
Tell the truth.
Stay.

The lamp never shouts. It whispers.

The journey from darkness to destiny is not a leap. It is a series of lamp-lit steps taken in humility.

Destiny is not discovered by seeing far.
It is revealed by walking faithfully.

And the man who demands floodlights often misses the quiet miracle of being guided at all.

So today, I’ve stopped asking for the horizon.
I ask for enough light to take the next right step.

That is divine direction.  That is Faith.