Ergonomics is the study of how customizing our environment can increase our overall wholeness, performance, and effectiveness. Having a keyboard on top of a desk isn’t very comfortable, and in the long term, it hurts your hands and wrists. A more ergonomic arrangement is to have the keyboard in a sliding keyboard tray directly under the desktop. Y’all know what I’m talking about.

At the very core of ergonomics is customization. The reason Herman-Miller desk chairs have as many buttons, levers, and switches as a stealth fighter is so all different shapes and sizes of bodies can customize the chair for the greatest comfort and ease of work.

So the question today is:

“How do we put ourselves in a position to be impacted by God?”

Spiritual ergonomics is positioning ourselves for the greatest imprint of God’s life and power.

The very core of all leadership and personal development is spiritual sculpting by God. He is the potter and we are the clay. But how do we keep ourselves from jumping off the potter’s wheel? How do we keep the canvas on the easel? How do we keep the pages of our book open for Him to write the story?

Paul calls us God’s workmanship created in Christ to do good works which he has prepared for us in advance (Ep 2.10). We must unpack this and discover what it means for our spiritual formation. We’re a piece in progress; the canvas is still being painted on, the marble chiseled with finesse, the clay imprinted. This is what it means to be His workmanship. We are all unique pieces. Each one of us customized for His plan.

How do you put yourself in a position to be imprinted by God?

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