PASSION

Our Passion and Pursuit
Worship Articles
by EXW Staff
August 09, 2009

– Knowing God Intimately - By Jim Feiker

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The following article was written by Jim Feiker. It is an article that is well worth reading.
A businessman seeking professional counsel was asked by his counselor to describe his life. He said, "I have come to the end of my life; I have climbed the ladder of success to the top only to realize that my ladder has been leaning against the wrong wall."

It is essential to periodically re-evaluate our life so as to re-identify who we are, where we are and where we are going. Now is a good time to re-evaluate our lives to make sure our central purpose and focus of life is what we want it to be, so that we might pursue it with passion. We don't want to get to the end of our life to face the reality that our ladder was leaning against the wrong wall.

What is our real purpose and passion in life? What is the central priority of our life? What if we were to ask that question to the Apostle Paul? Would he say, "I am driven to get the Gospel to the world, to plant churches in every nation, to impact the Gentile world for Christ?" Are these not what we assume Paul was about, for he accomplished an astounding amount in two decades of ministry? But would Paul say instead that these are the result of a "higher passion?" Paul uncovers his central focus for living and his supreme passion in the book of Philippians.