Power for Passion
Romans 12:11 NIV
Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.
Psalm 63:1 ESV
O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
Psalm 42:1 ESV
As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God.
1. Passion Comes from Being Present
Psalm 63:2 ESV
So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory.
2. Passion Comes from Valuing God’s Goodness
Psalm 63:3 ESV
Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you.
3. Passion Comes from Being Constant in My Praise
Psalm 63:4 ESV
So I will bless you as long as I live; in your name I will lift up my hands.
“I think we delight to praise what we enjoy because the praise not merely expresses but completes the enjoyment; it is its appointed consummation. It is not out of compliment that lovers keep on telling one another how beautiful they are; the delight is incomplete till it is expressed. It is frustrating to have discovered a new author and not to be able to tell anyone how good he is; to come suddenly, at the turn of the road, upon some mountain valley of unexpected grandeur and then to have to keep silent… and find no one to share it with... Fully to enjoy is to glorify. In commanding us to glorify Him, God is inviting us to enjoy Him.”
― C.S. Lewis, Reflections on the Psalms
Psalm 42:1 ESV
As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God.
