One trait that must characterize Jesus followers is to be zealous to carry out God’s vision for their lives. This thing about God’s plan, God’s purpose, your gifts and calling is no light matter. Yet many either underestimate or plain do not understand the vital nature of zeal. David McCullough in his book Mornings on Horseback tells [one such] story [along this line] about young Teddy Roosevelt: “Mittie (his mother) had found he was so afraid of the Madison Square Church that he refused to set foot inside if alone. He was terrified, she discovered, of something called the ‘zeal.’ It was crouched in the dark corners of the church ready to jump at him, he said. When she asked what a zeal might be, he said he was not sure, but thought it was probably a large animal like an alligator or a dragon. He had heard the minister read about it from the Bible. Using a concordance, she read him those passages containing the word ‘zeal’ until suddenly, very excited, he told her to stop. The line was from the Book of John, John 2:17: “And his disciples remembered that it was written, ‘The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.’ ” People are still justifiably afraid to come near the “zeal” of the Lord, for they are perfectly aware it could “eat them up” if they aren’t one of his. Our Lord is good, but he isn’t safe.1 Now, I know that you are not one of these who is afraid to be associated with the zeal of the Lord because I know you are one who strongly desires to do God’s will. And so, in this week’s podcast, we take a look at the subject of zeal in relation to the vision for your life. Why Being Zealous for God’s Remarkable Vision is Right, all on this week’s Light on Life.
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