I wanted to say a little more about my previous post, explain why I wrote it and why I believe it is so important. I was praying about it on my run this morning and God brought me further clarity.
Here is the thing - in long distance running and even swimming to a degree there is a "sweet spot," that place where you run or swim almost effortlessly, it is amazing and most runners thrive on running in their sweet spot. It is not understood entirely why or how this happens, in the midst of the sweltering heat, miles into what has been a painful run and all of a sudden you realize you have run right into one of these beautiful running experiences. These moments are not easy to come by, most runs are just painful but every once in awhile you get lucky.
God reminded me this morning that we all have a sweet spot spiritually too; that moment and space with God where everything else fades, the world seems far removed and you sit in a peaceful, amazing place with God where you know that you are being consumed by the Spirit of God and in that moment nothing else matters. Your spiritual "sweet spot" is effortless and painless as you sit in the presence of God. This is the place where we are made into the image of God, this is the point where healing takes place, where addictions break free, where visions are born and where everything makes sense. It is amazing, it is the place where lives are truly changed. The problem is you can not have these times with God with the TV on, your Ipod blasting, Facebook feeding a constant stream of messages from your 615 friends (how do people have so many friends?) rushing your kids around from one practice to the next or even in the midst of our constant church activities. It happens in the quiet moments with God that are full of worship, repentance and focus on our Creator. That is why I feel so strongly about quieting our lives on a daily basis so that we can hear the voice of our God. And as we learn this lesson our children will understand and they will people of God who want nothing more then to spend as much time as possible in their "sweet spot" with God. Life is short and often painful, all we really have are these moments when the Spirit of God falls upon us and we become more engrossed in the eternal, focused on all that will never pass away.
I completely agree with getting rid of the garbage of daily life and focusing on God. So often it is easier said than done because we are more addicted to those sort of things than we realize. But if you can get there life would be much better (even better than what you were addicted too).
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