Passion

God becoming man may seem enough for Him to express His immense passion for His people. Becoming mortal seems reckless, and what kind of God would be willing to experience pain to ensure salvation for His people? To put it simply, only a passionate God would do that.

Passion is interesting. It’s probably a word we throw around loosely. We aren’t shy about using this word pertaining to our hobbies and interests, but it means more than that. When we express that God is passionate for His people, it means that he we will go through any means to simply give them the opportunity for salvation.

In the Second Letter to the Philippians, St. Paul expresses Christ’s passion very clearly. God is so passionate for us, that he “humbled Himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.”

A God who is willing to walk with His people is striking. A God who is willing to become mortal and experience death is shocking. A God who is willing to be executed, is outright baffling. This truly expresses God’s infinite passion for us. Not only does he want to spoil his people with eternal life, he is willing to experience, not just death, but a gruesome and inhumane death, so we can be with Him in eternity. How should we respond? With gratitude.

As we dive into Holy Week, there may be challenging times. Sometimes guilt kicks in, sometimes apathy among other difficult feelings. But the whole point of this week is for us to truly embrace the idea that your God will go through any means to save you. And he already has. Let’s not dwell on guilt or pain, but rather, let’s respond by thanking Him.

As we dive into Holy Week, my prayer is that we can all dive into the uncomfortable nature of the God’s passion. Not because we are striving to feel unworthy. But rather, so we can fully embrace that our God loves us so much and we should respond with true gratitude and celebrate that our God conquered death, for us to live in eternal life. Just because He loves Us. 

I look forward to celebrating our God’s triumph over death. And I look forward to celebrating it with all of you.


God Bless,
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Brett Becker
Youth and Young Adult Minister 

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