During my prayer time this morning, I was shown a simple analogy to demonstrate the importance of being centered in Christ. Consider bowling. If you want to maximize your chances of getting a strike, it depends how and where you hit the middle pin. Not everything else around, the middle pin.
It doesn’t matter how hard or fast you roll the ball, if it doesn’t connect with the middle pin, chances are you won’t get a strike. Well in life, the pins represent many things (goals we want to reach, people we want to save, things we want to conquer). Whatever it may be, I’m reminded that when you are positioned and centered in Christ just like the middle pin, and the power of Christ (aka the bowling bowl) connects right at your heart, you are bound to make an impact on everything else around you.
A bowling bowl can roll down the middle or via a curve ball. The power of God can also come from any direction, as well as the impact of storms, but as long as your feet are planted firmly just like that middle pin, you are all good and set up to make an impact.
Amen!
-Dantrell