Passion Week Passion

The call of Christ is to be passionate about following Him. Christ was passionate about following the will of the Father. The bottom line for us as followers of Christ is this...we must be madly, passionately in love with Jesus Christ. The intimacy, depth of this relationship must be the fuel in the fire that presses us forward each day. This compulsion is from within. God loves us and His love in us fuels a fire of devotion and passion that compels us to want to walk in truth, obedience, holiness. His love compels us (2 Cor. 5:14) to live a life worthy of Him who called us out of darkness into His marvelous light. Jesus said, 'if you love me you will keep my commandments (Jn.15:14).' We are not driven by fear of punishment or eternal damnation. We are not driven by the law. We are driven from within out of the new heart given to us when we trusted Christ. It is a heart overflowing with love for the One who loved us and gave Himself for us (Galatians 2:20). The Spirit filled life is the life of love enthroned with the human heart. This love removes fear and brings the power to pursue Christ on a daily basis with a passion and purity that brings a fulfillment the world can never provide or produce. He has written His law on our hearts, it is the law of holy love.