Godly Passion Compels to Action

"A godly passion leads to a compelling call to action". This is one of the great things I have learned this week. I am deeply  enthralled by the lives of Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield on how they made a great influence in the Christendom. I am very well impressed about the works they have done so that the message of Christ would spread in a wider scope. They used their gifts, talents, skills, abilities and even their passions to become effective ministers of  Christ. I could not even imagine how they sacrificed their earthly ambitions for them to gain the ultimate treasure they cannot lose even though in return they would miss the gain they could not keep.

Way back to my childhood day, I had so may ambitions in life. I wanted to be singer, dancer, actress, and teacher. I wanted to acquire lots of money so that I could have all my needs and wants. I wanted also to help my  parents so that I could repay them for the good things they did to me. I was very highly ambitious way back then but all of a sudden God interrupted and He let me to stay focused to what His ambitions for me. I realized that accomplishments here on earth may be beneficial in a shorter span of time but it would never last. Instead of gaining  vast earthly possessions, God spoke to me that to pursue heavenly treasures could have an eternal impact. I could not even remember during my kindergarten, elementary, or even high school days to have dreamed to becoming a missionary. But within my college days, during my second year in a bible school, God impressed to my heart that He wanted me to be a missionary.

I am willing to be a missionary. No matter how hard it may be I would love to because I believe that God will always be on my side. he will not leave me nor forsake me. I experienced to be a short-term missionary and somehow and in some way, I tasted how to be such. Yes, it's not easy. For me, God's calling had never been easy but then I thank God that He had put a desire and passion to our hearts to serve Him whatever means regardless of the cost. I desire to follow God all the days of my life and I can't do it by my own willpower but through God's grace and His sovereign power alone. I will press on to the calling that God had put in me ever since the world began. I believe that what He had started in me, God will successfully finish it. Apart from Him, I am nothing, I have nothing and I can do nothing. To God be the glory!