Passionate Worship
Through
Relationship
By Prophet Renee Cutter
What
is passion anyway? Passion in its
simplest form is love and devotion.
Passionate worship comes from our
relationship with God. The world speaks
a lot about passion but it is not Godly
passion. Passion according to the world
standards is shallow and all about
self-gratification. Godly passion is
sacrificial and selfless.
Let’s look at a passage of scripture
that exemplifies passion in its purest
form. In Luke 22:42 Jesus was praying
to the Father before He went to the
cross,
“Father, if it is Your will, take this
cup away from me; nevertheless not My
will, but Yours, be done.”
In
verse 42 He prayed so earnestly that
His sweat became like great drops of
blood!
It was out of Christ’s love for us that
He endured the cross. It was out His
sacrificial and selfless love He laid
down His life for us. I call that
passion!
Jesus was devoted to the Father. He
pulled Himself away time and time
again, away from the crowd and the
demands of the people to be with the
Father. Jesus considered the Father in
everything He did. Passion comes from
relationship. Jesus lived His life in
constant communion with the Father.
Jesus constantly had demands on Him.
Imagine all the people in the crowd
that followed Jesus, they all needed
something from Him! Even with all the
needs and demands of people He still
made time to have devotion with the
Father.
We may not have the multitudes
following us but we do have the demands
of our places of work and family and
life’s “stuff”. This at times can seem
like a multitude!
I believe that most believers desire to
be more passionate about their
relationship with God but often feel
like that it takes hours a day to get
there. Some may have hours a day to
pull away and seek God and that is
great, but some may not. There are
practical things we can do to deepen
our relationship with the Lord. We can
be spiritual and practical at the same
time!