Positive Daily Inspiration – May 23, 2022 – FIX THE FOCUS FIRST

“They who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles.”
Isaiah 40:31

There was an experience that I had about ten years back on one of my spiritual retreat cruises that I still laugh about. We overheard a woman talking to another woman while taking pictures with her husband’s expensive 35mm camera.

She said, “All the pictures are out of focus, I don’t know how to focus this thing, but my husband can fix the focus later.”

I know very little about photography, but I do know this, you have to fix the focus first; you can’t do it later. If the pictures are out of focus, they remain out of focus.

We have all known people that live life making quick erratic decisions hoping that God will rescue them later from the pit that they have dug themselves in.

In our own lives, we have to decide to fix the focus NOW. I spent many years of my youth only praying as a last resort. My focus was on everything else first. When disaster happened, I would go to God hoping that God somehow could fix what I had botched up. A lot of people live their lives on this theory: action first, prayer second.

If you really want to lead a successful life – PRAY FIRST. Go to God first then act as God directs. Your life will be simpler, and a whole lot easier.

I have known a lot of people who are addicted to chaos and crisis. These people love riding the bucking bronco of disaster. The upset of chaos and crisis many times charges the adrenaline, but the bottom line is negative in our lives.

We also must admit that there are a lot of people that would be quite bored in perfect peace all the time. Spiritually, you find that peace is a conduit of love and Divine ideas and therefore gives you life that is very exciting. A successful life is always more exciting than one filled with failure after failure.

Most people read “Positive Daily Inspiration” first thing in the morning; so let’s take this opportunity to go to God in prayer.

POSITIVE DAILY PRAYER:

Dear God, I come to You with incredible faith in the possibilities that lay ahead of me in this day.

I pray that I walk in Your light of perfect guidance.

I pray that I bask in Your presence.

I pray that I take the opportunity to do the things that will allow my soul to sing with joy and laughter.

May I this day rejoice in my work and know the sweetness of duty, performed in freedom.

May my hands be gentle in holding and tender in letting go.

May Your love illumine my face and my heart.

I ask that Your love keep me, blessing my going out and my coming in.

I ask that You infill me today so that my presence will bring peace and blessing to all those around me.

In Jesus Christ’s name … Amen

POSITIVE DAILY AFFIRMATION: Today, I pray first before any action is taken.

POSITIVE DAILY QUOTE:

“Whatever you do, do with integrity
Wherever you go, go as a leader
Whomever you serve, serve with caring
Whenever you dream, dream with your all
And never, ever give up.”

Marilyn Carlson Nelson

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Christopher Ian Chenoweth