Friday's Frenzy

BE PASSIONATE ABOUT IT

"So we built the wall." Neh. 4:6 NKJV

Nehemiah built the walls of Jerusalem in less than two months. How did he do it? Passion! He gave up a high profile job, overcame relentless opposition, and worked passionately. "So we built the wall...for the people had a mind to work" (Neh 4:6 NKJV). But first we read: "They said to me... The wall of Jerusalem is also broken down, and it's gates are burned with fire... when I heard these words... I sat down and I wept" (Neh. 1:3-4 NKJV). Observe:

1) PASSION is your first step to achievement. Your desire, not your IQ or your DNA, determines your destiny. The greater your desire, the greater your potential.

2) PASSION WILL INCREASE WILL POWER. Only when you want something badly enough will you pay the price to achieve it. God despises a lukewarm attitude, "I wish you were either one or the other! (Rev. 3:15 NKJV). A indecisive person gets nowhere with Him, " he is a double minded man, unstable in all his ways" (Jas. 1:8 NKJV).

3) PASSION WILL CHANGE YOU. When your desires are in harmony with God's will and you follow them with a passion, you can't help but become a more productive person.

4) PASSION WILL MAKE THE IMPOSSIBLE, POSSIBLE. Beware of "experts." Sometimes what they present as wisdom is just a short-sightedness. In 1895, Lord Kelvin, president of England's Royal Society, said, "Heavier-than-air flying machines are not possible." In 1905, US President Grover Cleveland said, "Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote." In 1923, Nobel Prize winner in Physics Robert Millikan said, "There's no likelihood man can ever tap the power of the atom." Jesus said, "With God all things are possible" (Mark 10:27 NKJV). When we become passionate about God's purposes, He will show us what's possible.

The word for you today.

Miracle of the day was our very good visit with Father Jan at the Catholic Church today and supper with Glenda at our house.

As our passion for the ranch and the need to pass on passion to the next generation is a project that seems impossible and who will support such a plan. God and God alone has the plan, the people, the provision and we can watch as He does one miracle after another to show us His marvelous love for us.