When I was young I was passionate and that passion was reckless in many ways. I was passionate about my opinions, about my desires, about my dreams and goals. Passion is propane that fuels our flesh so we pursue what we want. My passion was about me, but the longer I am a believer in Jesus Christ and the more time I spend with Him, the more I recognize His passion was about others. The movie, The Passion of the Christ was about His passion for the salvation of the world through the shedding of His blood. Then Mark 10:45 says, “For the son of man did not come to be served, but to serve and give His life as a ransom for many.” Biblical passion is not about us, it is about others and how we can use our passion to be a blessing to others.

If we as believers are called to lay our lives down as John says, “There is no greater love than this than you lay your lives down for your friends.” (John 15:13) Then why did God give us specific passions unique to us, that are like an ache in our soul if we cannot express them? It is because that passion is not for you, but it is to come from you, so it is not about you, but it does bless you. My gift, my ache, my calling is not about me, I do not stand in the mirror and preach to myself, my gift is for you, your gift is for me. My passion for the word of God is for you and as I sow it in you, it blesses me.

Proverbs 11:17 & 25 says, “A man who is kind benefits himself, but a cruel man hurts himself. Whoever brings blessing will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered.” What we sow, we truly reap. As I sow into you kindness and blessing, I then reap those things, maybe not only from you, but I will reap them through someone else who is sowing them. My passion is to be kind to you, to bless you, to water you, then what I sow I will reap. My passion is to serve you and your passion is to be to serve me and others and then we have a cycle of service that is a blessing to all of us, for what we sow we also reap. Let us be people who are passionate about serving others with the gifts God gave us.