What are you passionate about? Are you passionate about your job? Are you passionate about your health? Are you passionate about your children? What is it that causes you to explode with energy and bubble over with excitement?
Many of us will answer affirmatively to one or more of the questions above. I know. I’ve been there. It is not that we should not be excited or passionate about those things. But what or who should we be even more passionate about? Jesus.
There may be a few of us who can say that we have had a very personal encounter with Jesus or with the Holy Spirit. We may have had a vision or heard a voice. We may have felt compelled by the Spirit to do something God is leading us to.
However, so, so many of us have not. Not only that, but the mention of Jesus or discussions about Him do not excite us. We are ho-hum or humdrum or indifferent. Do not misinterpret, we do not have to show our excitement by talking. No, it is more about how our hearts react. Does our pulse quicken? Do we feel more alive?
We can be just like the two disciples who met Him on the road to Emmaus. Our hearts can burn within us. Our spirits can leap for the sky. Our minds can go into overdrive thinking of all the things He has done for us. We can be very excited without saying a word. On the other hand, we can be very excited and feel compelled to tell everyone we encounter about Him. Are you either one of those? Or, are you indifferent?
I pray we all get excited about Jesus. I pray we feel the Holy Spirit lift us out of the humdrum of the world when we think of Him. I pray each one of us becomes passionate about Jesus. Be passionate about Jesus. Be excited about Jesus. Leap for joy. Allow Jesus to burn in your heart. Tell others about Jesus.
Luke 24:32 They said to each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening the scriptures to us?”
Marty Pressey 