A Revived Passion.

Greetings to you all my dearest brothers and sisters all over the world the word of God in the book of numbers 6:24-26 says that “the lord bless you and keep you; the lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the lord turn his face towards you and give you peace.” Passion is actually not defined but merely described and this reminds me of the numerous concepts in law that make me stop and wonder what it is that the legislature suggested we do by not giving clear meaning or definitions to various concepts. So basically uncle Google says that “passion is having, showing or caused by strong feelings or beliefs.”

However I do believe that a revived passion is establishing new and right priorities for your life and what that means is that you will have to put the kingdom first. Put God first in everything you do and the bare necessities of life will in return be taken care of. I once heard one preacher say that “focus on something to the exclusion of everything else” and I sat to analyze where the balance would be if we just focused on this one thing but then I begun to understand that it is a great thing that you might be in school, or have the job of your dream but don’t forget that all that could disappear in an instant without God’s grace. We have got to understand that the kingdom of God is the future hope and a present reality and that one day the glory of the lord will cover the earth so you have got to work out your salvation with fear and trembling be of good cheer to all the people that surround you and make it your life’s mission to be the transformation in whichever institution in which you belong. Many of us have been called to minister in business, in law, academia, economics and many others what matters is that the glory of God is manifested in everything you do therefore every institution you find yourself is an expression of the kingdom of God. The word of God in Philippians 1:6 says that “he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” so let’s have a change of mind that is so strong that you pivot your direction. as someone said before indeed something better than strong emotions is a decision. Decide to once again dream like you used to, a decision to put into action all those plans that u had but let them die within you just because you got afraid of what someone would think of you or what people would say. Maybe you had an idea that would change the economy, that legislation would be enacted because you spotted the gap or inadequacy; it could even be that someone whispered that the economy has been this way for centuries and that made u retreat a bit. make a decision to be the change today and with God spear heading your plans you can’t expect less than the best. Colossians 1:27 says “that to them God has chosen to make known among the gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.”

Just a few weeks ago I sat in one of my law of contract classes and the lecturer went on and on about all these concepts and for a moment I must admit I zoned out thinking about how passionate she was about her work, I was genuinely amused to see such an old lady so vigorous and consumed just to make us understand whatever it was she was lecturing us about and I felt her energy  rub off on me in the process and there is always a new calm that sweeps over us when we are challenged by someone or something and that gets you back to the drawing board of your priorities and right now as I tell you this story am thinking of one of the most amazing stories in the book of  kings 18:30 where Elijah had to prove to the people that that his God was indeed the one true God as opposed to Baal they had previously insisted to worship. The most significant moment was after Elijah’s prayer and they had witnessed the fire burn up the sacrifice, the wood, and stones and also licked up the water in the trench when they saw this they fell and cried out the lord –he is God, the lord- he is God. They recognized God’s power in the moment and were challenged and I do believe that there was a revived passion for God within them from that moment. Oh king of glory we come before you today with an open heart that you may revive the passion that died in us. Give us a new perspective today and guide us as we make the decision to always choose you in everything that we do, I pray that you soften every heart that reads these words and make yourself known to each one them may they realize just like Paul once testified that “ we felt we were doomed to die and saw how powerless we were to help ourselves ; but that was good, for then we put everything into the hands of God, who alone could save us” bless every soul around the world oh God where there is fear replace it with confidence and where there is sorrow, may your joy comfort them all the days of their lives I pray this in Christ Jesus amen.