He is watching you

Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at

TDAgiantslayer@gmail.com 

 

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I am a pastor, a business owner, an entrepreneur, a personal trainer, an author, speaker and a powerlifter. In all of these various roles I have one key component that I live by… You will get very little of my time if you are not passionate about something… anything really, but please be passionate… I hate wasting my time with people who are apathetic. 

 

 

Col.3: 23Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men, 

 

Eccl. 9:10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.

 

Romans 12:11 Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.

 

What if your passion was your alarm clock? You get up and your feet hit the ground and your mind is buzzing a million miles a second with your passion. 

Edmund Burke went so far as to say that Passion is the central part of human character. 

 

But living a life of passion is hard right? What if you are not passionate about anything… what if you aren’t really good at anything? It’s gotta be hard being passionate about something if you suck at everything… or are we missing something. 

 

the reality is that scripture does not say that passion comes from having the right goals, the right vision, the right priorities, the right plan or even the right talents or gifting. You can be Joe ordinary and live a life of passion. let me explain to you how this works. 

Passion in the greek actually can mean the wide eyed wonder and awe that creates an energy to live for something… it can also mean suffering, it can also mean a strong desire to prepare for God. the point is that it is a word specifically used to describe intense emotion good or bad. But lets look at the nuance of Preparing for God.

 

When I was a freshman in bible college at CFNI, I was a valet. I worked clubs, high rise apartment buildings, parties and even the mall… not just any mall but the galleria. One day working at the mall a limo pulled up and it was Andy Gibb one of the brothers of the famed Bee Gee’s… you know saturday night fever etc… anyway, he was cold and his girlfriend Victoria Principal had her limo driver pull up to let him out to buy a full length fur coat. She yelled out the window… I’ll wait here honey. So the limo sat there while he went in. Well look, I am 18 years old, she was smoking hot and while she sat there all I could figure was she was staring at me and my buddy who were valeting… so we looked to impress. We lined up the keys, we re parked a few cars to make them more straight, we treated each customer who came out with class, dignity and respect. We even turned down a few tips to show that we were here to serve humanity and not just for the money…. Ok, you get the idea. 

Now was she watching us from the darkened windows of the stretch limo… probably not. But who was watching us? The man himself… well the God man- Jesus. God is watching… and If I truly believe that, well then it fills all I do with passion. 

 

Knowing we are doing it for him and he is watching us, creates an intense force in us that fuels our everyday, sometimes monotonous daily activities. Does the holy spirit help… yes, but having a why behind the spirit is even a greater motivator. 

 

Think of the professional athlete, He has the training, the skill, the expertise in study and knowledge - right down to the muscular body to do the job… but ask any athlete what really motivates him and its two things… the prize, crown or trophy depending on what sport and the fans who are watching. Especially if there is family in the stands… especially if it is your father or mother.

So now you get it right? We get a crown if we finish well, we get rewarded if we finish well… and we also have a cloud of witnesses watching us… and God the father himself. Now if that doesn’t fire you up, you need to check your pulse! Living with passion is simply knowing who is watching and what we get in the end.