God gives people who are devoted and committed to Him a passion to champion a cause. Whatever the cause may be, it wells up inside you like a storm, made of personal emotion and a desire to reach out to those you can relate to.
Every life in Christ has experienced or will experience pain, suffering, tragedy and affliction to some degree. Out of these experiences, we are able to relate to people suffering in ways we have personally experienced.
Your cause will always relate to His Great Commission... to go, to seek, to save and to teach people who have experienced the ups and downs of life, how to live in harmony with the will of God. (Matthew 28:19-20)
More than likely, your “cause” is a problem you have personally experienced or has touched someone in your family. It’s something you have intimate knowledge and understanding of. You understand how someone experiencing the same circumstances you’ve experienced feels... you’ve been there, done that, you’ve survived.
Life does cruel things to us. Christians know very well the emotional pain of abuse, addiction, infertility, depression, a life-threatening disease or some natural disaster related difficulty. Sometimes God will inspire in people a passion to speak up for a group who can't speak for themselves: the unborn, the persecuted, the poor, the imprisoned, the mistreated, the disadvantaged and those who are denied justice. The Bible is filled with commands to defend the defenseless and care the needs of those who have little hope. (James 1:27)
God uses passionate people to further His Kingdom interests. Don't be afraid to respond to your passions. God gives us different passions, so everything He wants done in the world will get done. You should not expect everyone around you to be as passionate about your cause as you are. That’s okay.
Don’t be disheartened when others don’t respond to your cause as you want them to. Instead, appreciate the power of listening to others as their personal passions for a cause emerges. Learn to honor and value each other's life message, because nobody can say all of what God want’s said and done in the world today. Never belittle someone else's Godly passion. The Bible says... it is fine to be zealous, provided the purpose is good... (Galatians 4:18)
Is there a catch? Yes... a very important one. Passion, will only emerge in a spiritually disciplined life. It’s a result of God’s transformative power by the Holy Spirit working fully and actively “in you” that brings forth your cause. God is trusting you to be passionate and consistent about an important cause that will reach the hearts of those seeking Him. You need to be disciplined and “all in” to be an effective and useful instrument of God in any cause He plants in your heart.
When you are living in “step with the spirit” (Galatians 5:25) your “cause” for Christ, your personal passion, your intentional purpose, becomes so powerful that it controls virtually every thought and every ounce of energy in your life.
Yield to God, join Him in the greatest adventure your life will ever experience, infused with passion, to seek and save the lost.
