"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own
understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make
your pathway straight." Proverbs 3:5

People call this week "Passion Week." This "Passion" was a Holy
focus. Christ's Passion was to come to earth to ultimatlely die so
that we might live by faith in The Father's Plan.

So do we have a Passion? With all our busy schedules, we feel we are
the world's greatest plate spinners. We have lined up many spinning
plates on a row of thin sticks. We have to keep all the plates
spinning so the plates won't stop, fall off, and break. The question
is how many plates do we have?

God has shown recently that He helps us find our deepest passion. We
all have interests outside the responsibility area of life: family,
work, and church. Some of us have many interests. Some have very few.

What is the thing in life that gives us the greatest joy! This might
be related to our responsibilities. We might have an extreme passion
for what we do at work. Since I taught school I know of a lot of
teachers who are driven to staying late every night, taking work home
on weekends, and getting excited everyday about what their children
are accomplishing. These teachers feel they are "called" to teach and
have an overwhelming sense of joy or "passion" to meet this calling.

My wife has a passion for her family and friends. Her and I are
constantly meeting the needs of people around us. Several months ago
we had sixty people over our house for a wedding rehearsal dinner for
our nephew. It was a Hawaiian luau complete with a five course buffet
with singer/ entertainer and all under a thousand light canopy. My
wife had been planning this event for months with the help of all her
willing and, sometimes unwilling, assistants. My wife is blessed by
God to serve others, making her the beautiful woman she is.

And finally people can have a passion for serving in the church. As a
person recently called to a ministry I'm aware of what the Lord has
in store for His members. The individual church runs on committed
believers. These people are encouraged by their leadership and Holy
Spirit to become the supporters of the church's programs. Meetings,
fellowships, fund-raisers, campaigns, special events, teaching, and
all other areas are manned by people who have a passion for serving.
Working in the church gives people joy.

What about areas outside these three responsibilities? You might call
this area the "fun place." A person buys an old Chevrolet Corvette
and begins to restore the car. The person starts by spending
tremendous sums of money buying new or used replacements for the car.
The person might start calling the car their "Sporty Baby." The
person will spend countless hours rebuilding, calling the project a
work in progress. The car becomes the person's "passion." They get
personal joy when accomplishing something.

So what is YOUR one passion or do you have many passions that you
divide up your time? That is the issue. God wants to show you your
main passion. You have to be receptive and TRUST in what He is
showing you. The Bible says to love God with all your heart, soul,
and mind. How do you do that? By trusting in what He is saying
through His Holy Spirit through His scriptures, prayer, and in your
daily circumstances of life. It's a relationship. And in this
relationship he helps to show you what you true passion is and how He
can use it for His Glory. And when you bend to what He is saying you
acknowledge Him. When this happens, God probably has one of His "High-
Five-Moments" with His Son Jesus Christ!

This being a fitness website, the possible challenge of bodybuilding,
weight-training, or any physical conditioning, is that it takes a lot
of time, money, and energy. Is this your only personal passion? If it
is, you'll gain joy from the experience. You'll find the time and
resources to do it in much the same way as our man with the corvette.
If you have fitness as an interest, along with many other interests,
it will get a little crowded time-wise. What are your true passions
or joys? Focus on them. God, also, wants to show us our passions. God
actually has given us or allowed us these passions or joys which He
can use these for His glory. He joins us in these passions.

Personally my passion is to get huge and beautiful. I'm not ashamed
of who I am but not satisfied. God has shown me the direction He
wants me to go,revealing me this passion that He can use for His
Glory. God wants me to spread His Message to a lost world while I'm
moving towards that posing platform. It's not about winning
competitions, but about winning poeple to the Kingdom through what
God is doing, all for the Glory of His Son the Lord Jesus Christ.
So months ago God started me back into bodybuilding. When I'm in the
gym it's like worshipping Him. I read in a muscle magazine "…it's
all about the almighty pump." Being Christian fitness people that
gives us new meaning about the word "Almighty!"

God helps us find our main passion: the thing that gives us the
greatest joy. We'll find the time, money and energy for this passion.
More important God wants to join us, using it to draw closer to
us.