August 8, 2019 www.PositiveChristianity.org presents Positive Daily Inspiration

 THE ONE YOU HELP TODAY MIGHT HELP YOU TOMORROW

August 8, 2019 www.PositiveChristianity.org for the 20th year presents Positive Daily Inspiration

The One You Help Today Might Help You Tomorrow

“Give and it shall be given to you.” Jesus Christ in Luke 6:38

It has been said that life is like a pipe. What you get out of it, depends on 
what you put in it. In the same way, like a spiritual boomerang, what we do to others, 
either comes back to haunt us or help us.

Do you remember the fable about Androcles and the Lion?

It is the story of a slave who had escaped from his taskmaster, and who
had to run to find freedom. One night he hid in a cave so that he wouldn’t
be found while sleeping. Shortly after he made himself comfortable for the
night, he heard an ominous sound. He sat up, and saw a huge lion walking
directly toward him. He was deeply afraid, because the lion represented
something worse than being a slave. Androcles knew he was going to be
eaten, and was sad because he would never experience freedom. He backed
away from the lion in his fear, but the lion kept approaching, growling
with every step.

It was then Androcles noticed the lion’s paw. It was swollen. The lion
drew nearer to Androcles and put its paw in his lap.

Androcles saw why it was swollen and causing the loin such pain: there was
a thorn stuck in the center of the lion’s paw.

Gently, Androcles withdrew the thorn from the lion’s paw, and immediately,
the lion sighed in relief. It began to purr and thanked Androcles by
licking his face. Androcles was greatly relieved since the lion didn’t
kill him; he would live to experience freedom after all!

Three years later in Rome, Androcles had become a Christian. When he was
arrested by Roman soldiers and ordered to renounce his faith, he refused.
As punishment, Androcles was sentenced to face the lions in the arena—a
sure, death sentence.

Androcles prepared himself to die, but when the lions were released, one
ran toward him and began licking his face. This was the lion and he had
helped so compassionately three years before in the cave. The Romans were
awed by the lion’s reaction, and released Androcles because they thought
he was a high magician. 

He was – and so are we.

How many “lions” have you befriended on your pathway of life? How many
thorns you plucked from swollen paws. Are you aware that someday you may
be thrown into an “arena?” At various times in our lives, all of us are
thrown into an “arena.”

What saves us are those times we have helped others: times when friends
had been at their worst, yet we have seen ONLY the best – times we have
helped them by removing thorns from swollen paws. In the moment, we are
saved. Possibly the time will come when you befriend someone by willingly
giving of yourself. Seize that moment on your pathway to remove a thorn
from a swollen paw, and you will brighten another’s life. That brightness
will return someday to make your own life greater.

In every prosperity seminar I say this, “God is constantly whispering
something to you. Right now. God is whispering to each one of us. The
silent whisper is, “Surprise yourself!”

Even though the human mind, inside of us, often shouts, “I’m afraid!” God
constantly whispers, “Surprise yourself!” As you proceed in life,
striving to realize your dreams, the human mind shouts, “I’m afraid.” But
a greater realization of God rises in you and whispers, “Surprise
yourself!” When we listen to God we remove the thorn from our own paw too.

God is your Divine Persuader, the positive catalyst nudging you to move
forward in good directions with far less pain than “our own way.”

Some people reading today’s Positive Daily Inspiration, are looking at what seems
to be a 50-foot ravine with only a wobbly log across it. You realize you
can’t go back; you can’t go up; you can go down; you must move forward
across the wobbly log. You pause, and the human mind shouts, “I’m afraid!”
At the same time, you are surrounded by good friends. A friend is someone
who believes in you. The friends surrounding you are encouraging you,
“Yes, you can do this.” Even though you are still afraid, you take a deep
breath, become quiet for a moment in prayer, and you hear God’s secret
whisper: “Surprise yourself!” In that moment, you know you can do it;
nothing in the world can stop you. It brings such joy to know that good
friends surround you and that God empowers you.

Be a friend to someone: pull a thorn from a swollen paw; it will be an
investment not only in friendship, but also in your soul’s growth. And who
knows, when you need help someday, they may show up again in your life in a
most unexpected positive way.
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POSITIVE DAILY PRAYER:

Dear God, when no one else is willing to help another – I help.
Dear God, when no one else is able to say a kind word behind someone's back – I do.
Make my hands – helping hands.
Make my heart – a vessel that cares for others, especially those not exactly like me.
Make my words – positive and uplifting, all times, all places.
Make my ears – refuse to hear anything false about others.
Make my body – a vessel of God's love for all people.

In Jesus Christ name… Amen

POSITIVE DAILY AFFIRMATION: The life, strength, and intelligence of God are now active in my body, and every organ is functioning perfectly. I am whole with the wholeness of Spirit.

POSITIVE DAILY QUOTE: "The great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude." Ralph Waldo Emerson


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