Hi my friends, welcome to day 22, find your passion.
Psalms 37 verse 4 says,
Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
You know, finding and pursuing our passion is vital to living a fulfilled life.
God places those unique desires in our heart that reflect our purpose and calling.
And when we engage in activities that ignite our passion,
we align ourselves with God's design for our life.
But we have to seek him.
You know, he is the source of these desires.
He is the one who created us with unique passion and purpose.
And so make sure we are taking time to seek God, to build relationship with him.
And out of that oneness comes our dreams and desires and passion.
And why did he wire us this way?
Well, I love in Proverbs 13, 12, it talks about
hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
And Jesus is the perfect example of a tree of life.
You think about this tree that just has fruit and deep roots,
and it's thriving in every season, right?
In Psalms 1, it never, its leaf never withers.
It always is bearing fruit and prospering.
And God created us to bear fruit.
He created us to be a blessing to those around us,
to our gifts and desires and passions,
to be a source of life, of abundant life to this world.
And, you know, in the passion translation, Proverbs 13, 12 says,
when hope's dream seems to drag on and on, the delay can be depressing.
But when at last your dream comes true, life's sweetness will satisfy your soul.
He created us with a need to dream.
He created us with a need to pursue our dreams, our passions,
our desires, and it comes from relationship with him.
So if you're feeling hope deferred or just like your soul is missing something,
take time to dream with God.
Take time to awaken those passions that might be laying dormant within you.
Our activation for today says, what activities make you feel most alive and fulfilled?
You know, for me, I love to, you know, hear God and get ideas
and then share them with my friends, with you.
I love this.
I love to create content and I love to, you know,
cook for my friends or paint things as gifts.
Like I just love to just be in creativity and share it with the world around me.
Activation number two says, identify one passion project
that you can start today and dedicate more time to it this week.
You know, we need to be intentional to take time to safeguard creativity,
to safeguard time for our dreams.
And I don't know about you, but when life is busy and we're working
or we have kids and family and chores and just life,
some of the things that can just be put on the back burner
are those things that give us the most life, like our dreams and desires.
So safeguard that, prioritize them today.
So let me pray for you.
Oh, dear God, thank you for the dreams and desires
and passions you've placed within our hearts.
Help us to recognize these desires as gifts from you
to take intentional time to seek you and delight ourself in you
because you are the source of all of these dreams and desires.
God, I pray blessings upon my friends today,
that any hope deferred will be broken.
In the name of Jesus, that their hope would be restored and renewed.
And God, that these desires and passions and dreams
would be rekindled in the name of Jesus.
Amen.
Okay, my friend, I hope you have a great day
and I'll see you again tomorrow.