Passion.
There comes a time when we have so much emotion within us that we can’t help but burst out and do things we wouldn’t normally do in our social settings: shout at the top of our lungs about love, scream in frustration at a sporting event, cry when heartbroken, laugh continuously at a comedy club. Emotions can drive us. They can overtake us. The Bible says even Jesus wept (John 11:35), to the point of sweating blood. It’s a healthy thing to express emotions. David let it all go when he danced naked in the streets (2 Samuel 6:14-16). He was so overcome by what God was doing in Him he had to let it out. He was driven by passion for God. It’s the same way we should be. Wherever we are—in our work, in our schools, in our homes—we need to be driven by passion from God, or we’ll fizzle out in frustration or boredom. We’ll feel like we shouldn’t be there. We’ll feel like we’ve missed our calling. But the truth is, we are called to witness to others. We are called to love others. We are called to live life to the fullest wherever we are.
September 5, 2010 at 4:52 PM
Isn’t funny how people can condemned if someone gets a little to emotional in church and that they are worried about what the unsaved people may think but yet it’s o.k. to yell at a sports event. I have also come across people in church who think that just because they raise their hands or dance, that that is how everyone should worship. I like the example that you gave that David was so overcome. He didn’t think about what others thought, he was into God. Through out the Bible it tells about individuals of how they expressed emotions. Abraham fell face down, Paul sang, etc. We should be able to express God freely in our own way. Emotions are a powerful thing, it can have an impact with those around us, good or bad, but we have to remember what would Jesus do whether we are with others or by ourselves.