If you know me very well at all you know one of my passions in life is the game of golf. I have played the game for many years and enjoy every opportunity I get to go out and hit that little ball around the course. For the last 3 years I have had the privilege of helping coach the Glenpool high school golf teams. It's great to get to invest in the lives of these students. While working with them and watching them play, I can relate to their frustration when the swing isn't what we want it to be as well as the smile that comes on their face when they hit a great shot.

                As a golfer, there is nothing much better than the feeling of hitting the 'sweet spot' on the golf club. The 'sweet spot' is that place on the club that strikes the ball with maximum effectiveness and with little or no negative effect. It is where the golf shot is the most forgiving and most productive. Other sports, such as baseball and tennis, have 'sweet spots' as well, I just don't experience that feeling in those sports as often as I do in golf. Golfers like Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Bubba Watson can swing with tremendous force and yet make it look so effortless. One reason is that these guys are good, but another reason is because they consistently hit the 'sweet spot.'
                Have you ever stopped to think that God made you with a 'sweet spot?" He made you with a purpose and He gifted you to fulfill that purpose. Your 'sweet spot' is that place where you are both effective and efficient in your service to the Lord. People tend to notice your special ability to do something or to handle a situation. Understand that when you serve others within your 'sweet spot' you are being the most productive you can be because you are being true to who God made you to be. Colossians 3:23-24 says, "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.” (NIV) One person said, "Your 'Serving Sweet Spot' is where your God-given strengths and passions intersect. And you will know you have hit a sweet spot when your service becomes effective, easy and effortless all at the same time." May the Lord find us looking for and serving together in our 'sweet spot.'