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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