Here is today's communion meditation.

This week our Yearly Cycle filter is to relax into the stretch. The other day we talked about a golfer starting with a backswing and about how the deeper the golfer can stretch into the backswing the more power is available to transfer into the ball. But once the golfer has completed the backswing all of the power must be transferred into the ball at the point of contact. 

In baseball one of the best hitting instructors, I have ever been around used to use the verbal cue "Stay in Your Seat," to help his hitters transfer power into the ball at contact. He had a way he taught his hitters to use their hips, where they imagined sitting in an invisible chair. 

When the hitter left hiss eat, he lost the connection with his power.

This is also our No. 1 cue in the mechanics of transferring God’s power: “STAY IN YOUR SEAT.”

We have been seated in heavenly places with Christ at God’s right hand, where he is working for our good. Staying in our seat is the source of power. Just like a baseball pitcher tries to negate the hitter’s power, life is trying to pull us out of our seat. Life is throwing curveballs, demands, needs, and issues at us all the time, and we must make contact with them by staying in our seat. When we stay in our seat, God’s power is backing us. When we leave our seat, we are doing things in our own strength rather than God’s. Staying in our seat is how we transfer God’s power into the world. A big key to staying in our seat and letting grace flow through us is winning the battle at the gate—in our mind and imagination.

In today's communion we are asking to help us understand our heavenly seat in Christ and to help us stay in our seat so that we transfer God's power into the world. 

Today's Health and Fitness Tip

This is a good time of year to do some examining of ourselves. What causes us to get out of our seat or get off track in our health and fitness. Common things would be busy schedules, fatigue, emotional eating, etc. If we know what derails us, we can defend against it. 

I am praying for you.

Daniel