Chess

I was playing chess on my laptop and then all of a sudden, something big hit me. Chess can be used to help explain our purposes in our Christian lives. I'm just covering regular chess this time, not suicide, crazy house, or any other version.

Let's just say, God is the one who observes the pieces. Although, we have free wills, we are suppose to follow what God wants us to do. In this case, we each have a spot and a role in which we play in the "game." If we don't do what we are meant to do, then it will weaken the defense of the "King." God DOES NOT CONTROL US; but has plans for us.

For our roles, God may want us to stay a in a certain place or have certain role, or, in a way, be promoted to a different role.

Pawns
Knights
Castles
Bishops
Queen
King

I consider the king to be like God's name, existence, Word, dignity, or something along those lines. The queen is the Church of Christ. The queen can make every move the other pieces can (except the knight). The church can do just about anything for God. Castles, Bishops, and Knights are all the ones who (independently) do their best to protect the King in different ways. The pawns, sadly I consider to be on-the-fence or luke-warm Christians. They don't do much, are often wasted, and occasionally help out the other pieces. One the other hand, they can also be considered new Christians. Now whether they ever become anything higher than a pawn, that's something else.

Chess is not like checkers. It's more like the very advanced version of checkers. It takes lots of skill and strategic thinking to play. It's hard. We are the white pieces in the game battling against the black. God will always be the undefeated, but we can't just let Satan eat away at God's dignity here on earth. If you're just luke-warm, then you're certainly not for us; but working against us. (Such as being bad ambassadors for Christ.)

"Your life is like a chess game: you can have all your pieces in the right place but without a King, you've already lost."- Isaac Deitz

If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to ask.