I can think of nothing more wonderful and exciting than living my life with a passion for Jesus Christ. Having a passion for something makes life interesting and meaningful. But when that passion is for Christ, life takes on a whole new dimension where exceedingly great joy and eternal rewards are by-products of our desire to please our Savior. I absolutely love and agree with Pastor John Piper when he shared: “Desire that your life count for something great! Long for your life to have eternal significance. Want this! Don’t coast through life without a passion.”1
This past July, I turned 70 years-old and while I may be advancing in years so is my passion to use all of my gifts and talents to glorify Jesus. Over the last three years, since I started my website, I have posted over 1,100 devotions, with my main goal being to get Christians more excited about serving and worshipping Christ. I have also tried to be an encourager to Christians to use their time, talents, and treasury to glorify Jesus.
One of my sub passions is Christian apologetics and my desire to defend the Christian faith and the Bible through sharing why I believe the Bible is the most unique, amazing, influential and transformational book around. As some of you may know, for the past few years, since I retired from my second career as a counselor for the Bowery Mission in New York City, (my first career was as a VP of Finance for JP Morgan Chase) I have traveled and spoken at different churches and universities, at my third career, as a Christian apologist. While this is a non-paying career, I can honestly say I get such joy by helping Christians have their faith strengthened by exposing them to evidences for the faith that they may never have heard about.
To glorify Jesus should be your greatest passion if you are a child of God. I believe that if this is not the case in your life then you are short-changing yourself and settling for a life where joy and rich meaning may just pass you by. A passion for Christ will not only produce genuine deep joy in your life but will also transform the Christian experience from duty to delight! Yes, it is true you will have to sacrifice many creature comforts along the way and you will often have to practice self-denial, but serving Jesus opens up for us levels of personal fulfillment far exceeding any others. In fact, self-denial can bring us joy that we can’t get in any other way.
Do you have a passion for Christ? If not ask God to rearrange your priorities – I guarantee you won’t regret it!
1 Inspirational Quotes by John Piper – page 2 (bibleportal.com)
Hi Curt!
Happy belated birthday greetings! Hope all is well with you and MeiYing!
We still want to get together with you but let’s wait until the temps go down a bit, maybe toward the end of August.
Looking forward to seeing you both again so until then, may God bless you both and may you enjoy this day and all that our Good Father has for you!
Blessings!