What Is The Sweet Spot?

Golfers, tennis players, baseball players – even ping pong players. They all understand what the “sweet spot” is. When the ball hits that right spot, the results are incredible. It’s effortless.
The same is true of your life. You have a “sweet spot.” A zone, a region, a life precinct in which you were made to dwell. -- from Max Lucado’s book “Cure for the Common Life"

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When those pieces of sports equipment are used in the right way – in the way that they were designed, they are much more effective. In fact, you could say that it actually becomes easier because they are working like they were designed.

The same principle works for our lives. God created us uniquely with certain talents and strengths. If you believe that God created you, and if you believe that He created you uniquely, then there must be certain things you can do or that you can do in a certain way that no one else can do. One of my favorite quotes from Lucado’s book is this one:

“If you are not you, the world misses out on you.”

Think about that for a moment – because it’s worth thinking about! If you try to be someone else or to do something that is not your natural talent or strength or giftedness, you are not being you. That means that the world will not get to experience the real you – the one that God intended!