Quote from Forum Archives on March 23, 2001, 3:26 pm

Posted by: masinick <masinick@...>

Dear friends,

The writer of the attached message, Simon MacInnis, makes the
point that if we have a passion for something, we should do it.
At first, that sounds like pretty good advice, but I would like
to add one caution to it: I think we first need to test the
spirit, make sure that what we are passionate about is the same
thing that God is passionate about. We can do that if we know
the Bible well because the Bible describes the nature of God, His
passions, and what He requires of us. As long as we are in the
center of that, then Simon's advice is indeed good advice. (I'm
just a bit leery whenever something smacks of "do what you
feel..." that kind of thinking often gets people into trouble -
how do *I* know? How do you think? 😉 Been there, done that,
made far too many major mistakes!)

God has been incredibly good to me, and that is why I have such a
passion for sharing these messages with you. My fervent prayer
is that the lessons I have learned and the grace that God has
shown to me might somehow also draw your hearts to Him -
hopefully BEFORE you fall into some of the traps that have caught
me. My messages are messages of a caring love toward each one of
you, that each of you may fully experience God's best for you.

Brother Brian

Subject: Daily Devotional for Thursday, March 22, 2001

PCCWeb Daily

Thursday, March 22, 2001
Today's Devotional

The Fire Of Your Heart Is The Light Of Your Path

Philippians 3:10-14 - I want to know Christ and the power of his
resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings,
becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, to attain to the
resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already obtained all
this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take
hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers, I
do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one
thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining towards what
is ahead, I press on towards the goal to win the prize for which
God has called me heavenwards in Christ Jesus. (NIV)

Want to know God's will for your life? Then answer this question:
"What ignites your heart?" Forgotten orphans? Untouched nations?
The inner city? Lost friends at school?

Heed the fire within!

Do you have a passion to sing? -- Then sing! Are you stirred to
manage? -- Then manage!

Do you hurt for those that are sick? -- Then treat them!

Do you hurt for the lost? -- Then reach out to them!

As a young adult, I felt the call to the ministry. Unsure if I
was correct in my reading of God's will for me, I sought the
counsel of a minister I admired. His counsel still rings true.
"Don't do it unless you have to," he said.

As I pondered his words I found my answer: I have to. If I don't,
the fire will consume me. What is the fire that consumes you?

Prayer: Father God, as we today seek to find your will for our
lives, help us to discern that thing which consumes us and give
us the strength to carry on and not look back. Amen.

Simon MacInnis sonquest090372@cs.com Sussex, New Brunswick,
Canada

Today's Canadian Bible Society Scripture Reading: 2 Corinthians
4:7-5:5 bible.gospelcom.net/bible?2+Corinthians+4:7-5:5

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