Where is My Passion?

Imagine that you and I are meeting for the first time.  In the course of our conversation, we talk about a variety of topics.  Then we turn to a new subject.  As you are talking to me about it, you start speaking a little faster.  You lean forward.  You become increasingly animated.  Your voice goes up a little.  Your passion may be indicated by more active body language.  You are talking about a subject that could keep you up late at night.  It’s the topic that would cause you to jump out of bed in the morning.  What are we talking about?    

Make a list of your greatest achievements, but be sure that they are things you enjoyed doing.  These achievements may be accomplishments that others do not find particularly impressive, but were important to you.  (Conversely, you may have achieved Student of the Year, but to you it was not that big of a deal, or you did not enjoy the process of earning it.)

Perhaps when you were twelve, you and a friend decided to put on a neighborhood carnival.  You organized the booths, got people to run them, had prizes, made and sold tickets, and actually made a little profit.  You pulled it off and had a great time doing it.  It was an enjoyable achievement.  Are there similarities in your list of enjoyable achievements?  What themes can you see?   

Your passion will energize you.  Not only will you become more alive emotionally, but the activity or thoughts about your passion will actually give you energy.  This is God’s way of moving you toward those people, roles, or causes that are his created agenda for your life.  His will for you is partly revealed in your God-given passion.  What energizes you?