Dear Ones, may I ask what is your PASSION? (capitalized for emphasis) Passion usually implies a strong emotion that has an overpowering or compelling effect, i.e., extreme, compelling emotion; intense emotional drive or excitement. For this Pastor, it is no secret; I have a passion for the lost, for souls.
2nd Peter 3:9 gives insight into the heart of God: “The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” Out of this passage of scripture is spawn this Pastor’s passion for the lost.
Number One, lost humanity being reconciled to Him is a passion of the Lord. In His desire that none should perish, God gave His only Son, the righteous for the unrighteous. Moreover, the Lord is extraordinarily patient with fallen humanity, we blow it big-time and it is because of the Lord’s mercy and loving-kindness that we are not consumed. Praise God, His tender compassions fail not. You now know the Pastor’s passion, however, the question is, what is your passion?
Let me give you some “Food for Thought”: (1 John 2:15) “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.” (The world, or realm, of sin, which is controlled by Satan and organized against God and righteousness). If your passion is not for God, His Kingdom, His righteousness or His will and purpose for your life, may I suggest that you subdue your passion and bring it into conformity with the will and desire of Almighty God. Hear and model the Apostle Paul: “But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ” (Phil. 1:7).
Be blessed as we continue in Him.
Pastor J. Amos Jones
