The Sweet Spot

There are some days, or entire seasons of life, when we find ourselves in the sweet spot of God’s will. Everything simply falls into place. The other shoe never drops. “Stuff” never happens. Bad things don’t come knocking at our door. Rather, blessing after blessing makes for one big fat fantastic experience.

We long for days like that, and sometimes, we get them. At other times, we must simply walk in faith and obedience—going without knowing, yet trusting in the goodness of a God who “doeth all things well” and has promised to give us the desires of our heart. There are some days that all we have to lean on is the sovereign nature of the unchanging God—knowing that because of his competence and care, this world is a perfectly safe place for us, even if it doesn’t feel like it.

In reality, much of David’s life was categorized by going without knowing—he navigated hundreds of dangerous and depleting episodes in his life with not much more than simple trust and gritty obedience. From this side of history, we tend to romanticize David’s life as one victory after another with only an occasional challenge. Not the case! David’s life was every bit as challenging as yours and mine—arguably more.

But the secret of David’s amazing life was simply that he put one footstep of faith in front of the other until he hit “pay-dirt”. Through defeats, dangers and disasters, he gritted out a long obedience in the same direction, and sooner or later, hallelujah, he hit the sweet spot.

Our hope is that this day will include that sweet spot of God’s will—pay-dirt! Who knows if that will be the case? The thing we do know, however, is that our duty today is to take one footstep of faith at a time and leave the “when,” “where” and “how” of the sweet spot up to God.

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“To bless God for mercies is the way to increase them; to bless Him for miseries is the way to remove them.” (William Dyer)

Making Life Work: Got miseries. Bless God for them.  Really!