Twirling in Prayer and Life

 

Matthew 6:9 TPT “May the Glory of your name be the center on which our lives turn.”

As I was praying this scripture over the ones on my prayer list this morning, I thought of my friend, Natalie, a ballerina and prophetic dancer. Natalie is able to spin in place on her toes. She and other dancers, gymnasts, and skaters are able to spin without becoming overcome by dizziness using a technique called spotting. They focus on a specific point as they spin, which helps them to stabilize their vision and reduce dizziness.

Matthew 6:9, is part of what is known as “The Lord’s Prayer”. Jesus’ disciples saw him pray and then do impossible things, so they asked him “Master, teach us to pray”.

“Here’s how it works”, he taught them. “Make the Glory of my name the center on which your lives turn, your point of focus that you always return to, no matter what dizzying events come into your sight as you spin through life. If you are focused on my Glory- and remember that I manifested my Glory as my Goodness at Moses’ request – so if you are focused on my Goodness, you will not lose your balance.”

“Life is going to continue to spin. That’s a given, just as I told you the truth that ‘in this world you will have tribulation’, but I quickly followed that up with this promise, ‘but be of good cheer, for I have overcome the world’”. John 16:33.

So sit back and watch Natalie as she spins seemingly effortlessly in her dance of life and remember to center yourself like she does. Focus on that unchanging point of God’s Goodness.

And watch what happens as you learn to “spot”. “The resting place of his love will become the very source and root of your life.” Ephesians 5:17