Sunday, October 3, 2010
Read Matthew 28:19-20
By Kevin and Cori Barclift
Have you ever heard someone speak with passion? Maybe it was Billy Mays speaking about Oxyclean, or a coach giving a half-time speech, or maybe it was a preacher, speaking about Jesus Christ. It seems that when someone speaks with passion about something, people listen. I read the following story by G. Campbell Morgan and it reminded me of the importance of speaking with passion.
There is a tale told of that great English actor, Macready. An eminent preacher once said to him: "I wish you would explain to me something." "Well, what is it? I don't know that I can explain anything to a preacher."
"What is the reason for the difference between you and me? You are appearing before crowds night after night with fiction, and the crowds come wherever you go. I am preaching the essential and unchangeable truth, and I am not getting any crowd at all."
Macready's answer was this: "This is quite simple. I can tell you the difference between us. I present my fiction as though it were truth; you present your truth as though it were fiction."
Some things are easier to talk with passion about than others. I could talk about New York Giants football all day long and with passion, but it would be hard for me to talk about changing out an electrical outlet in the wall with passion. Let me ask you this: Is it hard for you to talk about Jesus with passion? If it is, examine your life with Christ and seek out ways to become closer to Christ so that your love and passion for Him is contagious, and so that others see your passion for Him.
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