Sunday, September 6, 2009

Passions.

God has placed a passion in my heart to see His name and fame proclaimed with boldness and in truth. A few years ago I felt God’s call into vocational ministry. While unsure of His calling at the time, I decided to trust and obey Him. I could not be more excited for the plans He has for me. I could not be more humbled by this calling. There are so many times that I ask God why He chose me because surely He could have picked someone better, someone more faithful, someone more loving. Every time I think such things, He affirms to me that He is God and I am not. I am ever humbled by His call and ever grateful for His assurance.

I have a passion for seeing the Good News of Jesus spread all over the world. Nothing makes me happier than seeing believers living out their faith and convictions. In Matthew 5, Jesus calls us to be lights shining brightly for Him. If there is one thing that I get more excited about than anything else it is seeing people simply doing what God has called them to do. When we love God and shine for Him wherever He has us we will be beautiful reflections of Him. It is not the pastors and preachers that are the trustees of God’s word. Teachers, businessmen, musicians, athletes, scientists, homemakers, and artists are all preachers in their own right. The way they live their lives and the example they give preaches the Gospel for we are the image of the Invisible. It is to this end that I wish to devote my life to the Church, pouring into the lives of whomever God allows me because most life change actually happens outside of the sanctuary.

I want to experience God work in unimaginable ways. I want to see lives transformed by His love and mercy. I want to see a stagnant Church rise up and truly live out the Faith they currently claim. Imagine what would happen if we simply did what Christ called us to do. Let’s be the Church. Let’s proclaim Christ in everything and be unashamed of the grace that has saved us.

1 comment:

  1. amen.

    It's an interesting subject: passion. That's what I've been wrestling with for awhile, what I am passionate about and how I can serve God in that. I guess, honestly, I can simply be passionate about God and see where that takes me, because then I'm not simply trying to fit God in my life, but I am molding my life around the Creator of the universe. Hm, thanks for the thought-provoking post. =)

    (jewels is julianna from your sos group btw)

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