Positive Daily Inspiration – February 23, 2023 – Practice and Refine

“For purity, I will bring them into the fire;
I will refine them like silver
and test them like gold.
They will call on my name
and I will answer them;
I will say, ‘They are my people,’
and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’ “
Zechariah 13:9

When we were children, we had fire drills at school. We would practice what we would do if the worst happened. Perhaps, as you have worked for various companies, you were taught emergency procedures if disaster struck.

What about personal emergency procedures?

I am suggesting, today, that each one of us has a rehearsed chain of events that can positively affect the outcome of any tough situation that we may face in our future. When something is not going the way that we wished that it would, if you have a rehearsed emergency procedure, you automatically fall in line with what you have decided upon ahead of time.

If you do not have a procedure in place, the human mind and body tend to go into action in a most frantic way, running here and there, but not accomplishing any good thing. Like a hamster on a wheel, racing faster and faster, but not getting anywhere.

When an emergency happens, you do not want to exhaust yourself, but rather to draw on the energy of God, and a rehearsed human plan of action based on spiritual principles not panic.

One man, who was involved in an auto accident, writes that he knew exactly what to do to stay calm and collected. He had rehearsed what he would do, ahead of time, if something did not go right. Even though he did not know the emergency ahead of time, he was able to rehearse the response. He decided on a 1, 2, 3, 4 approach to any emergency.

One, he would remember to breathe, calming himself by taking deep breaths. Second, he would relax and think about God. Third, he would pray, focusing positively ONLY on the best possible outcome, and begin to look for the good instead of focusing on that which was wrong. Fourth, he started to give thanks in the situation focusing on what was still right.

Even though the car was wrecked, he was safe and not harmed. Even though the car was wrecked, no one else was harmed. Even though the car was wrecked, he had good insurance. Even though the car was wrecked, he knew that everything under God’s perfect Divine order would prevail.

He said that in the past, an incident like this would have made him sick, and he would not have been able to sleep because of worry. He would have lost days to worry and fear. He said that he felt alive in the situation and better able to help all those around him. He was able to make a difference because God first made a difference in him. He had a discovered a strength that was greater than his own. His energy was high when he talked to his insurance company, he was able to focus, and communicate effectively – he ended up getting a better settlement than he could have ever dreamed of at the first moments of the accident. It helped him to get into a new car that he said that he needed for the long drives that his job demanded.

His old car had a bad heater, he thanks God every time that he drives his new car and feels so warm and comfortable.

Sometimes things just happen. When they happen, we must deal with them.

We need to become initiative-taking, spiritual people instead of reactive worriers.

How do we best deal with a calamity? You must decide ahead of time, rehearse what you will do, so if something happens, you will deal with it in the right way.

You will have procedures in place in your personal life. You will find that you can automatically shift into that which you have rehearsed and come out on the other side of the situation feeling better.

God needs us just as we need God. When we are in a situation, we must handle it and handle it well, and we always handle it well if we are allowing God to come through us in the moment of our need.

If we are stressed-out feeling anger, fatigue, and fear, we will tend to overreact or freeze and not act at all. If we react in the wrong way, we can cause more damage than caused in the original crisis.

There were two layoffs in the same company on the same day. One person went through the company, shouting and screaming, and telling people off. The other person had a rehearsed emergency procedure where she went to God and she was able to stay calm and collected. She handled it so well that one of the bosses who secretly was leaving the company took notice, and asked her to come to work for him, which she did, at a greatly increased salary.

You will handle yourself well under stress, if you have emergency procedures in place in your mind. With God, you can handle anything, and handle it well. Instead of flying off in 1,000 different directions, you know what to do, and you react in the best viable way, for the good of others and yourself.

You prepare for the worst, by using the best – God – and rehearsing the best coming through you.

I am not dictating in today’s Positive Daily Inspiration what your personal emergency procedures should be. I have given you an example, but you must practice to see what works in your own individual life. You must decide this for yourself, rehearse it, modify it, and refine it, until it will work every time. Everyone has an emergency at some time or another. And a system in place for dealing with it ahead of time is a smart, spiritual move towards a successful life.

I have said, many times, that a church is a remembrance society, where you come to remember what you already know. This procedure is a spiritual remembrance in time of need. A spiritual life is obtained through daily practice. The word religion means “way of life.” We need to have systems in place for the good times, and the bad. To be able to use your religion on a daily basis is where the real value of religion comes in. To be able to use it at a time of great need can be a tremendous value to your soul.

Write out what your emergency procedures will be. Practice, refine, and then commit to memory so that it can be available at any time, and a moment’s notice.

POSITIVE DAILY PRAYER

Dear God, help me in these fleeting days that I may not use my time to consider and hesitate, but be positive in my desires and pursue them. Grant that I may have the strength to hold each day precious and live it more fully.

In Jesus Christ’s name … Amen

POSITIVE DAILY AFFIRMATION:

I will know what to do in times of emergency. I am a proactive planner, co-creating with God to steer my life continually in right directions.

POSITIVE DAILY QUOTE:

“Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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