Passionate love

Whew! This Deut 4:29 is certainly taking awhile to dissect. We are almost at the end though, people. We are on the soul portion of this scripture, and gonna talk about the passion part of our soul today. We have found that our soul is made up of our self, will, desires, and now our passion. Did you know that the word passion literally means suffering, to endure, a moving of the mind and soul? And it makes sense whether we are talking about sexual passion or passionate love or zeal for something or someone---because if we deny our passions we suffer and endure the hardship of going against our flesh. We endure the difficulty of doing just the opposite our desires may pull us, or we endure not being able to walk out the passion of a calling or gift being used or noticed. Either way, passion goes with suffering and endurance. What marathoner with a passion for running does not endure the pain that accompanies the joy of putting his passion into reality? the passion God has for us is SO big he allowed His child to be tortured, rejected, murdered--all for His passionate love toward us. So many times we love someone only to be rejected, but we are in great company. If that love is of pure origin, it will continue on in the face of all the pain, because love simply cannot help itself---it must do what it is. And this passionate love God poured out on us needs to be reciprocated by His kids so God can feel loved by us. God can feel hurt, and be grieved, and not showing Him love after all He has poured out on us is a very painful thing to Him. This passionate love that propelled God to suffer all He did for us is begging to be returned to Him by us. I’ve said before that Jesus didn't go through what He did so we didn't have to--He went through it to show us how to. This walking out of the 'how to' is the doorway of our passion towards God. God is calling for everything---all we are---He is requiring every single facet of our being if we really want to find Him. God is not looking for a 'cliff notes' type relationship--He is longing for us to be so extravagant in our love for Him that we are willing to endure anything that will bring Him pleasure-----and it PLEASED God to crush Jesus---and even more astounding is the passion Jesus had for the world propelled Him willingly to the most excruciating pain of His life. Passion is not just about sex, it is about intimacy that is boundless in its enthusiasm, and powerful in its execution. God yearns for us to have a passion for Him like He has for us. it is all a matter of laying down all that we are, all that we have, all that we hope for, no matter how hard it is---to just lay it down at His feet because our love is so extravagant, so passionate towards Him, that it is worth anything---just to be able to grasp a hold of it. We want to find God. We need to find God. Passion of heart and soul are necessary to find God. grasp hold of Him and do not let go unless He blesses you, people----you may have to limp the rest of your life like Jacob, but he got a new name out of the deal....... more later...V