What is your passion...follow that!

I always place a passage of scripture under my signature, it is Philippians 2:12-13. The passage right before it in Philippians is on the incarnation. Verses 6-11 describe both the humiliation and exaltation of Jesus. This passage, more than any other passage, captures the agony and the ecstasy of God becoming a human being. The verse 12 starts with “Therefore,” i.e. based on the profound reality of the incarnation every Christian is challenged to “work out your salvation in fear and trembling.” That is pretty strong language. One of the most important challenges in life is to discover our Calling. Verse 13 assures us that we are not alone in the process, “for it is God who works in you both to will and to act according to his good purpose.” A paraphrase could read “God is going to give us the want to, to do what he wants us to do.” Philippians 2:13 says that God works in each Christian to “will,” that means that God supplies the passion. The way that God shows how us where to discover our Calling is to get us in touch with the passion that he has programmed into us.