In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength… (Isaiah 30:15) (NIV)
The ball scampered from the tee, and tripped over itself to hide in the bushes.
My golf expert grandma calmly set out another ball. “Feet apart, knees bent, focus on the back of the ball.”
I lined up for another try. “Thwack.” Now that sounded right, it felt right.
“You sure hit far.” Granny placated as she squinted after my ball arching onto the wrong fairway.
I’d found the sweet spot on the ball.
There’s a sweet spot in Christian living, and I know well what it is to swing hard, and miss it. All too many times I’ve landed in the bushes of confusion, or the sand trap of sin. There’s no joy in those places. Ah, but when it all comes together, there’s an effortless connection where life in Christ fairly soars.
Right behind Jesus—that’s the sweet spot—after I’ve returned to hide in his grace. I come out of the wind and rest in back of his strength. I quit relying on my own savvy to get me through, and breathe in his goodness, like warm sandalwood.
Resting in Jesus is not the absence of activity. Abiding in him requires the most focused discipline in life. But when I do that, the result is the sweet spot, my salvation and strength—a relaxed life lived on his terms. It feels so right, my day soars.
Prayer: Mighty Jesus, help me hide in your sweet spot this whole day.