Passion: a word we might hear a lot of this week. The Passion of Christ, it is all because of Christ’s passion that we have life. We cannot live without it.
Easter is less than a week away. The day after Easter, a few of us will be biking from Phoenix to the Grand Canyon and back. We are doing it because of passion. If you read any of Stephanie Fisk’s blogs, you would know that she is very passionate for this issue of human trafficking. She has been touched in a very personal way by her experiences. God has pricked something in her heart that makes her want to reach out to these people stuck in human trafficking. It really has been amazing to see the way in which she is going hard in this battle for the freedom of people she has never met.
I have been greatly moved by what I saw in Thailand and Cambodia as well. But I have been even more moved by the way I see a large percentage of people in the United States live without hope. Many commit their lives to jobs that do nothing for them. Many wonder about their purpose in life. Many chase after the wind because they have not found what gives them satisfaction.
This is not about missions. This is about living a vibrant life full of passion.
I am just a guy who is grabbing a bike (it’s not even my own bike) to encourage other people to find what it is they are passionate about. I want to see people in the United States really follow after their dreams. If God has put something on your heart, you need to go for it. Do it for God, and for you. God receives a lot of glory when His children live lives that are full of passion, or as John Eldridge puts it, “fully alive.”
What is something that is deep within you that you just cannot shake? Is it compassion for homeless? Is it to fight for those trapped in slavery? Is it for people stuck in addictions? Or even a love of the outdoors? A love of adventure? Sports? Art? What is it that God has ingrained in you like a fingerprint? Our lives reflect the glory of God when we pursue after the things that God has made us passionate for.
I want to encourage people to follow after these things, and to do it in such a way where Christ is at the center of it all. Is there a dream you have had that you put on hold? Did you forget it altogether? Go back to it and dust it off. Look deep into it. God is delighted when His children are delighted in Him.
Check out the Biking Against Human Trafficking website!
