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One Holy Passion
[Pastor Randy's blog]
07/17/2010
By alonso, randy
I would like to be so fixated on Jesus that I wake up one morning and realize that I am totally out of touch with the behavior of the man I once was. Not irrelevant or out of touch with culture, but so radically obsessed and preoccupied in the 'one thing I must do' (Phil. 3:13) mentality that going forward for Christ is my one and only occupation. The great missionary David Livingstone once said, "I am willing to go anywhere for God provided it's forward."
That I am so single minded about the finish line, running the race, and 'fighting the good fight' (I Tim. 6:12) that I am excessively captured by our Savior's great love and mission. The Holy Spirit when yielded to will do a marvelous work in us that continually moves us in this direction. When I read the Bible I find very little instruction about holding back. I continually encourage people to remove from their language 'negative limiting vocabulary'. Jesus said in Matthew 9:29, "According to your faith be it unto you."
God constantly draws men and women to enlarge their faith. Think about it; nothing pleases Him outside of faith. We walk by faith not by sight. Those very principles leave faith in the unlimited category. The very nature of God encourages mankind to think in an unlimited fashion. If you could not fail what would you attempt for God? That's a question God loves to hear us ask ourselves.
My heart leaps today when I realize the Bible teaches me to be consumed with Jesus Christ and faithfully live out His words. Tonight when I pillow my head I want to look back on this package of hours called today, and know that I was consumed and totally preoccupied with my Savior's love and purpose.