Then we offered tobacco to the Spirits and prayed for help--I took out the sacred objects and practiced the power bestowed upon men.

Walks-in-the-Rain  Winnebago

Then it is explained that the other Steps of the A.A. program can be practiced with success only when Step Three is given a determined and persistent trial. This statement may surprise newcomers who have experienced nothing but constant deflation and a growing conviction that human will is of no value whatever. They have become persuaded, and rightly so, that many problems besides alcohol will not yield to a headlong assault powered by the individual alone. But now it appears that there are certain things which only the individual can do. All by himself, and in the light of his own circumstances, he needs to develop the quality of willingness. When he acquires willingness, he is the only one who can make the decision to exert himself. All of the Twelve Steps require sustained and personal exertion to conform to their principals and so, we trust, to God's will.

It is when we try to make our will conform with God's that we begin to use it rightly. To all of us, this was a most wonderful revelation. Our whole trouble had been the misuse of willpower. We had tried to bombard our problems with it instead of attempting to bring it into agreement with God's intention for us. To make this increasingly possible is the purpose of A.A.'s Twelve Steps, and Step Three opens the door.

Twelve Steps & Twelve Traditions  pg. 40

Reprinted with permission A.A.W.S.

Grandfather give us power to do your will.