Here Is A Simple Plan To Restore Your Passion

1 Kings 19:10 - He said, "I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of hosts; for the sons of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars and killed Your prophets with the sword. And I alone am left; and they seek my life, to take it away."    NASU 

• Elijah Had Lost His Zeal 

Elijah uses the past tense verb construction when he said, "I have been very zealous …" In other words, he had been "zealous" but he isn't "zealous" any longer. He had lost his zeal or passion.
 
I would imagine that we all have been zealous or passionate about something in our lifetime and then something happened and we lost our zeal. 

• We've Seen It In Others 

How many times have we seen someone start college with a full head of steam only to drop out and never graduate?
 
People will start down what would appear to be a great career and in a few years they are no longer producing like they did when they started with the company.
 
Look at all the marriages that begin filled with love and passion and then end up in a divorce court.
 
I know athletes who were passionate about their sport and they get an injury and quit rather than spending the necessary time to recuperate, refocus and refuel their desire to enter back into the competition. 

• Why Do People Lose Their Passion? 

What happens in a person's life that causes them to lose their passion for what they once held so dear?
 
They lose their focus on what it was that caused them to be passionate in the first place.

Howard Thurman said, "Don't ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive." 

• Elijah's Mistake 

Elijah fell into the trap of looking at what other people were doing or not doing. Elijah accuses the Israelites of forsaking God's covenant, tearing down His altars and killing His prophets.
 
Many times when we lose our passion it has to do with what we are looking at. We have lost our focus. We are no longer looking to God. We are looking at people and what they are doing or not doing and complaining about it.
 
Elijah forgot to remember what God had recently done with and for him. God had sent down fire from heaven and consumed the altar and the offering that was on it in answer to Elijah's prayer. All the people started glorifying Elijah's God by confessing that He was the LORD and they killed all the false prophets of Baal.
 
Elijah had forgotten this great victory.
 
Have you forgotten how God has helped you? 

• How Do We Restore Our Passion? 

When you and I fail to see what God is doing with us and that He is in control. Then it becomes easy to lose our passion.
 
Sometimes we need to get away. We need some down time. We must refill our physical, mental and spiritual reservoirs.
 
We need to recharge our batteries by getting a fresh vision of God.
 
If your passion needs restored today open your eyes and see what God has done with you and what He wants to do with you right now.
 
E. M. Forster said, "One person with passion is better than forty people merely interested."
 
You're that one person with passion. You're better than forty people merely interested. Now turn your passion lose on the world with God's guidance and watch out.
 
Think On These:
 
Purpose may point you in the right direction, but it's passion that propels you. - Travis McAshan

Giving it another try is better than an alibi.

Stay Pumped, 

Gary A. Serago
 
Minister of God's Word

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