What is my passion?

Since this is Passion Week, our Pastor asked us to contemplate the question: “What is my passion?” My first thought goes to the historical account of the crucifixion Jesus. That is, in Christianity, what Passion Week is representing and asking is to meditate upon. What would drive a human being to endure the excruciating, horrifying, traumatizing experience of crucifixion? Love. It’s that simple. Love.

Is my passion love? There can be no separating love from God so to say that my passion is God is to say my passion is love, and visa versa. Do I have love within me? Can I exemplify the love that saved me, rescued me, heals me, delivers me, strengthens me, gives me peace and changed my life and soul altogether?

Yes. According to Romans 5:5, the love of God completely fills my heart, my soul. It is in me. But, is that my passion? Is it my choice when dealing with life’s issues, or other folks and their issues?  I truly want it to be.  I want everything about God to be my passion. If He and who He is becomes my true passion, I become what my heart cries out to be: His heart and hand extended to a world gone wonk! This post is just the beginning. You can follow me this week on my blog as I make the journey of asking God to search my heart and life, and to bring my heart and life into alignment with His heart, His passion.

It was for people that Jesus was crucified. People. Human beings. How do I respond to people? In my heart, do I love people? Do I meet the needs in other’s lives though it may mean a sacrifice of some kind on my part, time, energy, money? In many ways I want to give but is love so much my passion that I will sacrifice to make sure others experience God’s love the way I have? Do I have the “what’s in it for me” mentality or do I have the passion for God and God alone, giving and loving for His glory and His purposes?

These are a few of the questions I am asking myself, bearing my heart and soul to Jesus, asking Him to search my heart this week and bring my heart into alignment with His. It hurts. I have to face things about myself I don’t like to face. But, repentance brings life, and life brings love…and vice versa.

Join me this week in bearing our hearts to our King and our God, the lover of our souls, so we can become even more like Him, the one who gave His very life for love.
Read Romans 5:5 and let the Word of God explore your soul.
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