APRIL 2017
ZEAL, DIVE, SOAK
EsmeRobina R.
are not of this world then we would do all things
as if doing for God. Romans 12: 11 says, “Never
be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual
fervour, serving the Lord.”
Zeal should portray itself in what you do
David was a king, you know and yet in
spite of his hectic schedule, he was always
passionate about God. A king should behave as
a king only, but look at David, He did not think
about anyone watching him and went all the
way dancing in joy for God. And he had time to
write Psalms. I mean I can't even find time to do
all my studies, how can that be possible for a
king. Mind blowing! Not you, me.
Hey, hey, hey…don't you dare sneak out.
This page is for you. Apparently, the title is
bizarre. I know, I know… Well, simply put, it
means-When you have the zeal or passion for
God, you'll wanna dive into His realm and soak
in it till the end. Does it make sense?
Alright. You have a quizzical brow, I see.
Let's try to gaze at it in another angle. Passion
for God comes only when you love Him like
crazy. It shouldn't subside; then the zeal level
will diminish too. Let me give you an example;
your aim is to be a singer, then won't you
always think about how to sing and practice
singing every day? Yep, in that same way when
you love God, you will always wanna think
about Him; the zeal for Him will go to a level
indescribable. And then you would want to dive
into God's love and would wish to be with Him
forever, yeah?
Having zeal for God is most important. If
we don't have it, then we will just be floating
and we wouldn't wanna dive and behold the
enchanting gems waiting for us. Sometimes we
miss the treasures due to our silly and idiotic
mistakes. When we believe and know that we
I guess sometimes we just are too busy
and moaning about all the miseries in life that
we forget to think about God even once. We
trash the whole place and get consumed in our
anger and we ignore God completely. We never
think about how blessed we are, at least not
until we see someone suffering more than us.
Sometimes even that does not move us. Well,
David too had miseries, I mean, come on, Saul
was trying to kill him. Was he consumed by all
his grief? Nope. He just moved on knowing that
God was in control. Nor did He try to take
revenge, even when his friends suggested it. I
guess, in a similar situation our mind will be
like 'Let me get hold of him once and I'll show
him what I'm made of, ha, ha, ha'.
David being a king, showed that he had
zeal for God. He wanted to build a temple for
God. In everything he did, the zeal always
displayed itself. David cries to God in Psalms
69:9-11 “for zeal for your house consumes me,
and the insults of those who insult you fall on
me. When I weep and fast, I must endure scorn;
when I put on sackcloth, people make sport of
me.” But still David was never low on zeal for
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