Positive Daily Inspiration – April 20, 2022 – Finding Still Waters

Positive Daily Inspiration - April 20, 2022 - Finding Still Waters

“God leads me besides still waters; God restores my soul.” Psalms 23:2,3

In olden times, to find still waters was very important to the sheepherders, for the sheep would not drink or cross moving water. For us today, this passage means deeper relaxation and it gives a promise of a restoration of our soul.

Your schedule of activities and responsibilities may leave you feeling tired. As you approach this day, you may be very fatigued by all the demands placed upon you this week.

It is time for you to have stillness and a restoration of soul.

You turn to God, right now, in prayer. In prayer, you find the peace and the strength that restore your soul. Prayer renews you and you find that you are ready to begin again with full power.

You begin the activities of this day with prayer; you receive a fresh infilling of wisdom, energy, and enthusiasm – all that you need to use your time, wisely and constructively. You accomplish whatever there is before you to do with full, clear-thinking, dynamic energy.

At the end of the day, you pray. You give thanks and you release any concerns to God. As you release your concerns, you find that you rest deeply and soundly. In prayer, you bless all the activity that this day will bring. This evening, prayer time leaves you peaceful and ready for a good night’s rest.

Your times of sharing with God are precious to you. You look forward to the renewal you know you will find in prayer.

It is important to maintain balance and harmony in your life. Prayer is the great harmonizer, bringing Divine order to every aspect of mind, body, and soul, as well as outer activities. Daily, as you align yourself with God, you become more aware of the presence, and also become more conscious of its equalizing power – power that enables you to demonstrate harmony and peace in your life.

You have probably felt a longing of the soul at one time or another. Perhaps you tried to gratify this longing with some activity or goal, with overdoing or overindulging. All is to no avail, for you found that the longing is still there. When you are not in balance, spiritually, you continue to feel that something important is missing in your life. You tend to get more and more tired.

Psalms 145:16 states, “Thou satisfiest the desire of every living thing.”

I sometimes make this statement during my sermons: “We are the only species of life that retire – we retire because we’re tired.

Usually, it is not hard work that makes us tired, but rather years of living out of balance without TRUE rest and renewal.”

All the searching in the world does not bring the desired results, for what we seem to be missing – God’s presence – is with us all the while. God waits for us to commune in prayer.

Communion means, common union.

Let us realize that we can become clearer channels of God’s direct rest and renewal. Let us realize that God is the source of true contentment and fulfillment.

We say, “Fill me with Your presence, God, so that I may experience Your TRUE rest and renewal.”

POSITIVE DAILY PRAYER:

Lord,
You said so gently,
So persistently,
“Give me your weariness,
And I’ll give You My rest.”
I did – finally,
You did – immediately.
Then, Lord, I marveled,
That I had waited so long.

In Jesus Christ’s name … Amen

POSITIVE DAILY AFFIRMATION: Christ, might be in the midst of me, gives me victory over fatigue and tiredness. As a child of God I am energized, renewed, to do the things that ought to be done by me.

POSITIVE DAILY QUOTE: “The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.” Bernard M. Baruch

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