Be passionate! (2)
2022-05-07Psalm 39:3 CEV
David wrote, ‘I felt a fire burning inside, and the more I thought, the more it burned, until at last I said: “Please, LORD, show me my future”‘ (v.3-4 CEV). Passion is like fire; unless you feed it and tend it, it’ll die. Try asking yourself this question: on a scale of one to ten, how wholehearted are you about serving God?
Before you answer, think about these Scriptures: ‘Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength’ (Deuteronomy 6:5 NIV). ‘Blessed are those who keep his statutes and seek him with all their heart’ (Psalm 119:2 NIV). ‘Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding’ (Proverbs 3:5 NIV). ‘You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart’ (Jeremiah 29:13 NIV). ‘Fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you’ (2 Timothy 1:6 NIV). ‘”Return home and tell how much God has done for you.” So the man went away and told all over town how much Jesus had done for him’ (Luke 8:39 NIV). ‘Since you are eager for gifts of the Spirit, try to excel in those that build up the church’ (1 Corinthians 14:12 NIV). ‘To this end I strenuously contend with all the energy Christ so powerfully works in me’ (Colossians 1:29 NIV). ‘Forgetting what is behind and straining towards what is ahead, I press on towards the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenwards in Christ Jesus’ (Philippians 3:13-14 NIVUK).
All these Scriptures can be reduced to one sentence: be passionate about what God has called you to do.