More Than Sober: Embracing the Calling of a New Redeemed Life with Purpose

Many recovery programs teach that addiction is a disease… something you will always have, something you must fight for the rest of your life. The Bible tells a completely different story. God’s healing is total, complete and forever. When Jesus sets you free, you are free indeed:

“So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” (John 8:36)

You are not an addict for life. You are not in “lifelong recovery.” You are redeemed.

Biblical Recovery is Complete Healing

Secular programs say that relapse is part of recovery, but God says:

“So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” (John 8:36)

There is no halfway healing with Jesus. He didn’t partially cleanse the lepers, He made them whole:

“And as they went they were cleansed.” (Luke 17:14)

He didn’t leave Lazarus with lingering death… He fully restored him to life:

“When he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice, ‘Lazarus, come out.’ The man who had died came out, his hands and feet bound with linen strips, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, ‘Unbind him, and let him go.’” (John 11:43-44)

If God’s power can raise the dead, why would any sane person believe He leaves us only halfway healed from addiction? Seriously!

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” (2 Corinthians 5:17)

The old life is gone, not lurking in the shadows waiting to drag you back down. The world tells you that addiction is something you must manage for life, but Jesus destroys the yoke of bondage completely:

“And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.” (Isaiah 10:27)

You Are Not an Addict—You Are Redeemed by the Blood of Jesus Christ

The 12-step model tells people to introduce themselves as “Hi, I’m [Name], and I’m an addict.” But why would you call yourself what God has already delivered you from? God doesn’t see you as an addict. He sees you as a new creation, washed, sanctified, and justified by the Blood of Christ:

“And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.” (1 Corinthians 6:11)

“We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.” (Romans 6:6)

Addiction is not your identity. It has been crucified with Christ.

No More Fear of Relapse

The fear of relapse keeps many people stuck in a cycle of worry, but when God heals, He heals completely. You don’t have to fear relapse because the power of sin is broken. The Bible never tells us to manage sin… The Bible tells us to be dead to it:

“So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.” (Romans 6:11)

Relapse happens when people believe the lie that they are still in bondage. But Jesus said:

“It is finished.“ (John 19:30)

If you truly believe the Words of Jesus Christ, you will walk in confident freedom, not fear.

Living in Your New Calling

If addiction no longer has a hold on you, then what’s next? Your life is not about avoiding sin—it’s about living in the fullness of Christ. God doesn’t just save us from something; He saves us for something:

“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” (Ephesians 2:10)

Here’s how to walk in total freedom:

1. 🛑Stop Calling Yourself an Addict – Your words have power: “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.” (Proverbs 18:21) Call yourself what God calls you: free, redeemed, and restored.
2. Stay Rooted in Christ – True freedom is sustained by a relationship with Jesus:“Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.” (John 15:4-5)
3. Reject the Lies of the Enemy – Satan will try to convince you that you’re still in bondage. Stand on the Word: “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” (James 4:7)
4. Walk in Your Calling – God didn’t just set you free for yourself—He set you free to help others and serve out your purpose: “Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.” (Galatians 6:2)
5. Live in Boldness, Not Fear – Fear of relapse is not from God: “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of Power, and of Love, and of a Sound Mind.” (2 Timothy 1:7) When He sets you free, walk in it with confidence.

Conclusion: Your Recovery is Done—Now Live and Walk in Freedom

The world will try to tell you that you’ll always struggle. That’s a bold-faced lie. Jesus does not do halfway miracles. When He sets you free, you are free forever. There is no going back. There is no fear. There is no relapse.

“For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.” (Galatians 5:1)

If you are in Christ, you are not just more than sober… you are fully healed, fully free, and fully His. Now walk in that truth.

Have a blessed rest of your day knowing that you are completely and totally healed forever! Walk in HIS TRUTH. Hope to see you in my next post. Bye for now.