Happy Martin Luther King Day

"Admitting the weighty problems and staggering disappointments in life, Christianity affirms that God is able to give us the power to meet them. He is able to give us the inner equilibrium to stand tall amid the trials and burdens of life. He is able to provide inner peace amind outer storm" - MLK, from his sermon "Our God is able"
What can we learn from a man with so much passion? Jesus called us to live a life full of passion. A lot of us have different things we are passionate about, but are they things that truly matter? Take a look at this passage in Phillipians and spend sometime reading it for your quiet time today and think about if you are truly passionate about your relationship with Jesus Christ........
Philippians 3:7-14 (The Message)

"The very credentials these people are waving around as something special, I'm tearing up and throwing out with the trash—along with everything else I used to take credit for. And why? Because of Christ. Yes, all the things I once thought were so important are gone from my life. Compared to the high privilege of knowing Christ Jesus as my Master, firsthand, everything I once thought I had going for me is insignificant—dog dung. I've dumped it all in the trash so that I could embrace Christ and be embraced by him. I didn't want some petty, inferior brand of righteousness that comes from keeping a list of rules when I could get the robust kind that comes from trusting Christ—God's righteousness. I gave up all that inferior stuff so I could know Christ personally, experience his resurrection power, be a partner in his suffering, and go all the way with him to death itself. If there was any way to get in on the resurrection from the dead, I wanted to do it. I'm not saying that I have this all together, that I have it made. But I am well on my way, reaching out for Christ, who has so wondrously reached out for me. Friends, don't get me wrong: By no means do I count myself an expert in all of this, but I've got my eye on the goal, where God is beckoning us onward—to Jesus. I'm off and running, and I'm not turning back."

Paul was the author of this passage. He realized their was nothing more important in his life than his relationship with Jesus! How about you? Today as you spend sometime reading this compare it to your life. Do you match this type of passion in your life about your walk with Jesus? Or do other things in your life overpower it.