“I pray that you now remove from me every single defect of character which stands in the way of my usefulness to you and my fellows.” (Page 76, Big Book)
In Step Four, I catalogue my wrong beliefs, thoughts, and behaviour.
That’s putting things in black bin bags.
In Step Five, I share those.
That’s taking out the black bin bags.
God is then the service that collects and disposes of the rubbish.
What’s my role?
So be so thoroughly busy with Steps Eight through Twelve I do not go out and start rummaging through the black bin bags, retrieving all of the trash.
God really does do the removal, but I really do need to keep busy with doing God’s bidding.