APRIL 2017
God. Are we like that?
Zeal should portray itself in what you say
Paul was a haughty man and was passionate about his studies and reputation, until he followed Christ. The moment he received Christ, his zeal for Christ was his forte. Never once did he forsake God, even in horrible times when he was sent to jail. Instead, he was happily singing in jail as if all was right in the world. Now, we would have cried in torrents and be dissolved in sadness if we were put there. Wouldn ' t we?
loudly as he could wherever he went for Christ. Have you read his letters that he sent to various churches? They have a heavy-stressed-strong passion in it and also it feels warm. Don ' t you think? Though others despised him for that, it didn ' t matter to him at all. Sometimes we too take a stand for Christ but once everyone starts mocking at us, we stop all of a sudden. We should never be dispirited when people jeer us for our zeal. I ' m not saying that we will never be discouraged, sometimes we will feel totally down in spirit. But in all that our zeal should never come to a halt, never.
Paul was never afraid of death. He even witnessed before the great Roman officials. His death was very appalling, but still he never ever backed down on his zeal for Christ. Well, he wasn ' t a Christian from birth, like us, but once he knew the truth, he never stopped running. In Philippians 3:7, he says“ But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ.” Are we so?
Incandescent love for God changes us from the inside out. We would wanna do what God wants us to do and we would wanna share His love to others. Zeal is not that you show on the surface but it should flow from within.
So y ' all ready to dive in God ' s ocean and be passionate? Then here goes …
Aaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh ……. Splash ….
In everything Paul said, the zeal for Christ never ended. He spoke as boldly, strongly,
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