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Having The Right Passion
Contributed by Pablo Catala on Jun 6, 2019 (message contributor)
Summary: Correct view
Passion, what do you have a passion for? What excites you, what moves you, what gets you so enthused you have no other means but the one that your eyes and your heart has desired? What is it? Do you know what passion is? Passion is a feeling of intense enthusiasm towards or compelling desire for someone or something. Passion can range from eager interest in or admiration for an idea, proposal, or cause; to enthusiastic enjoyment of an interest or activity; to strong attraction, excitement, or emotion towards a person. It is particularly used in the context of romance or sexual desire, though it generally implies a deeper or more encompassing emotion than that implied by the term lust.
There are many people that have passions for things that do not benefit them at all. Lots of people have passions for the wrong things, whether its an attraction to the opposite sex, or a sport, for work, and I’m not saying at all that those things are evil in of itself, but what I am saying that anything that takes precedence over God, will become evil. Anything that takes the place of God upon your heart will be your God, I guess the question I’m wanting to ask you is, do you have a passion for the things of God like God had a passion for you?
But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Opening scripture:
And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men,
1st Point “Pleasing God and not men”
One of the hardest things to do is please man
We try our hardest to please men with things
We do whatever they ask us, we will do whatever it takes to please others
b. Steal, lie, cheat, scheme just to prove our love for them
c. We are blind because of the wrong passion or rather a passion for the wrong things
2. The bible tells us that whatever we do, do it heartily as to the Lord and not to men,
a. Men are never satisfied with what they get out of others, they always want more
20 Hell[a] and [b]Destruction are never full;?So the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Men with this advantage over others will ask you of the impossible, ask you to do what you would never do under regular circumstances
This is evil and very dangerous
This is when perverse things come into play
A worthless person, a wicked man, Walks with a perverse mouth;
This is where you are going to have to see that pleasing others before God destroys you
Begin to please God
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
God doesn’t to use for the things of evil but wants to exalt you by good things He has a hope and a future for you while others will try to strip the promise of God from your life.
The bile gives us numerous accounts of the devils having a desire to destroy us but god has other plans for us.
The wicked wait for me to destroy me, But I will consider Your testimonies.
God wants to build within us a testimony, one that people will consider and begin to also serve Jesus Christ rather than men
2nd Point “The passion Christ had for us”
4 Surely He has borne our [a]griefs?And carried our [b]sorrows;?Yet we [c]esteemed Him stricken,?[d]Smitten by God, and afflicted.?5 But He was wounded[e] for our transgressions,?He was [f]bruised for our iniquities;?The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,?And by His stripes[g] we are healed.?6 All we like sheep have gone astray;?We have turned, every one, to his own way;?And the Lord [h]has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
He went to the cross for us
This passion, this desire to see you and make heaven our home took Him to the cross ands even to the death of the flesh.
He had a passion for the right ones, that was us.
There was no satisfying others, no trying to please man, what Christ did, He did it unto His Father in heaven, who saw our condition had a passion for His Children and would send us this precious sacrifice to die a brutal death for us. That’s passion.
There are people who would die for the wrong causes, no benefit, no gain just to prove to others that they love them but it doesn’t help them one bit, just destroys them inside and out.
This passion that Jesus had for you, to die for you benefits you
