A Life of Passion
The intimate love experience one encounters when he meets Jesus Christ is not an inherited doctrine that was pounded into the mind. Based on the experience, one finds passion that is transpired by the meeting. Oddly, this fire turns into something that is surreal. Passion develops when one yields himself to Christ, the Lord. Passion has no price to pay. The unreserved heart that is surrendered to Jesus experiences a transformation that is beyond finite words. Uncomfortable with the status quo, the person reaches outside the mind and searches for deeper significance.
This is where he will find his passion. It is a gift that few will ever find. The portrait of a life that is living for the passion of Jesus Christ is extraordinary and revolutionary. Fire blazes through life’s struggles, stress, and unmitigated rage. Instead of playing extrinsic religious games, the disciple becomes a warrior for the Kingdom that is willing to lay his life down.
The joyous celebration of this transformation is stressed throughout the book of Acts. When Saul encountered Jesus Christ on the road to Damascus, his life was forever changed. He did not become conformed to the religious political correctness that was bearing in his culture; rather he identified himself as a revolutionist, just like his Savior. His lifestyle labeled himself a revolutionist, not by his words.
Paradoxically, what intrudes between Jesus and a human’s passion is the human himself. He stops searching and seeking, therefore, the enormous mystery of passion that was revealed through Jesus disappears. The climax is destructive. It is inevitable to find a wondering disciple of Christ who is still searching for passion, but to those who have found it, go change the world. I think Paul and Jesus would have it no other way.
Paid in Full
This is where he will find his passion. It is a gift that few will ever find. The portrait of a life that is living for the passion of Jesus Christ is extraordinary and revolutionary. Fire blazes through life’s struggles, stress, and unmitigated rage. Instead of playing extrinsic religious games, the disciple becomes a warrior for the Kingdom that is willing to lay his life down.
The joyous celebration of this transformation is stressed throughout the book of Acts. When Saul encountered Jesus Christ on the road to Damascus, his life was forever changed. He did not become conformed to the religious political correctness that was bearing in his culture; rather he identified himself as a revolutionist, just like his Savior. His lifestyle labeled himself a revolutionist, not by his words.
Paradoxically, what intrudes between Jesus and a human’s passion is the human himself. He stops searching and seeking, therefore, the enormous mystery of passion that was revealed through Jesus disappears. The climax is destructive. It is inevitable to find a wondering disciple of Christ who is still searching for passion, but to those who have found it, go change the world. I think Paul and Jesus would have it no other way.
Paid in Full
