17th May, 2013
Paul and Peter...both prepared and getting ready for persecutions... for the love of the Lord. What they experienced in the Lord was so great that these persecutions and tortures meant nothing. That is what the world calls 'passion', being passionate about something. How passionate am I with regard to my faithfulness to the One who has loved me unconditionally..that's the question that is posed to me today. The context in which the question is raised is very important...the days when we are preparing to behold the greatest gift of the Risen Lord to humanity... the outpouring of the Spirit. It is the Spirit who fills us with the passion that we see with Paul or Peter or any apostle or any martyr for that matter. Let's pray that the Spirit fill us with that same passion for God and passion for God's people!