6 OCT 23 Friday: A Closer Walk Devotional
“Yet preaching the Good News is not something can boast about. I am compelled by God to do it. How terrible for me if I didn’t preach the Good News! I have become a slave to all people to bring many to Christ. Yes, I try to find common ground with everyone, doing everything I can to save some.” 1 Cor. 9:16, 19b, 22b-23
Do you have a passion? I have met people passionate about football, fishing, crafting, their work, and many other things. When they are not doing their regular daily routines, they are trying to make time for what they are passionate about. It is good to have drive and passion. I think we all have something that motivates us to chase after that prize.
The passage in Corinthians talks about Paul’s passion. He had been touched by Jesus’ choosing him to be an instrumental piece of His mission. It gave birth to the passion that lasted his entire life and even was expressed in his death. It compelled him to live his life in a particular way and to seek out all kinds of people as he journeyed from place to place. He was willing to be offended, to suffer, to cross cultures, and to cross religious barriers so that people could hear about Jesus.
If Paul wasn’t connecting and sharing the hope that he had in Christ, he felt terrible. When you are not living according to your purpose and passion, it is the natural response to feel bad about it. If the Lord has given you a passion for something, what are you doing with it? Are you learning? Developing? Are you using it to the level that it should be? If God hasn’t given you a passion yet, ask him. He is ready to supply one. God desires for you to live into the person that he has created you to be. So get to living!
What is the passion that God has given you?
Reading Plan: Psalm 102; 2 Kings 19:1-20; 1 Cor. 9:16-27; Matt. 8:1-17
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