Long hours my soul has drifted passionless along life’s path as I have dabbled in inferior pleasures and pursuits compared to the incomprehensible joy that I find in Christ alone. A person has but to taste and see that He is good and then know without a hint of doubt that the joy and pleasure found in Christ is supreme and above all other delights. I too have sipped of this Spring of Living Water and tasted the joy found in my Savior; but, when I do not linger in His presence... drinking deeply of this Spring I begin to wander away from this Sovereign Joy. When I tarry to long from my Redeemer’s presence, I start looking for pleasure and delight in other things---things that will not satisfy my soul’s deepest longings. Christ having made me for Himself is the only one who can satisfy my soul, but my soul wanders away from the very One who can bring me pleasure and joy.
I see my error and long for it to be mended. I am weary of my vain pursuits that leave me empty and longing for something more---something better. I know Christ alone can satisfy my heart and I know that my vain pursuits are meaningless, but because of my sinfulness I revert to my old ways of living for self. I do not persevere in my faith nor am I patient as I wait for my Lord to satisfy me with Himself. As C. S. Lewis so excellently noted: “We are far too easily pleased.”
My cry today is that God would give me one passion to be spent for His glory; that He would give me one thirst and one hunger for His Word that He would take my life and set it on fire for the praise of His name. I wish that all of my pursuits after this world would be extinguished and that I would burn in my soul and spirit for Christ that all who witness my daily life would only be able to attribute my actions and words to the Lord alone. I am tired of this half-hearted Christianity I have been living, tired of my passionless faith, tired of my weak desires to see Christ exalted, and tired of how little I live out my faith before the eyes of this world. If Christ is my all, and the greatest treasure and pleasure of all time then I want to stop living as if He is my crutch---my good luck charm--- and begin living as if He were my life. Is not that truly what He is for those who trust in Him? He gave me eternal life by taking the wrath of God that was intended for me, I am free from chains---Christ is my life.
Give me one passion, Almighty God, for You and You alone. I am weak and incapable of any service to you, but in You I am strong. I can only serve You with the strength You provide, and for this reason all glory belongs to You alone. Yes, give me one passion for Your name, one burning desire to see You magnified, and one goal to make much of Christ as I am spent and poured out for You in this life no matter the cost.
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Thank you Sara-Grace!
Often at Dean and Heidi's (Uplift Mountain)dinner table I have heard Dean say that he would much rather have young people with the wrong passions than with no passion at all. It is MUCH easier to re-direct passion than to ignite it. That has often challenged me because I see a lack of passion in my own life. I think that's why I like the song "Give Me One Pure and Holy Passion" because it is the cry of my own heart. Thank you for sharing your heart as well.
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