“I'm a chess
piece. A pawn,' she said. 'I can be sacrificed, but I cannot be captured. To be
captured would be the end of the game.”
Twenty-five
years ago I was "a pawn" caught in a physical and metaphysical
"game of chess" at a corporation trying to protect people I loved.
Someone once commented later to me the corporation was a "gilded
cage." I didn't understand how money, prestige combined with fear in
the corporation kept each us in a snare unable to fly and fulfill God's purpose
for us. At the time, working at this corporation was considered "the
best game in town." Employees spent their time calculating how to
out maneuver others in a political chess game in order to gain power and money
to create their "vision" of the corporation. Years later, the
corporation self destructed from an inner moral sickness and was bought out. Thousands
of employees lost their jobs in the process.
No
metaphysical game which affects our physical environment can be fought like a
chess game with some believing they have more power than God, who is love.
Because God is omnipotent and perfectly good, he results in the greatest
power. In God's eyes we all have equal but unique positions. When we are consistent with God's purpose for
each of us and make our choices based on love, we can create the Kingdom of God
on Earth. We can also rest in not knowing "how the pieces fit
together," because God always does and he works for the greatest good.
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