Zealous

DEVOTION
GALATIONS
ZEALOUS
Gal 4:17-18
17 Those people are zealous to win you over, but for no good. What they want is to alienate you [from us], so that you may be zealous for them. 18 It is fine to be zealous, provided the purpose is good, and to be so always and not just when I am with you. NIV
I do not think I am in danger of being won over by another person, principle or even a force from being zealous for God. Yet I suppose I must not be that bold in my conviction regarding other forces. The world and all its temptations are constantly at work against me and my zeal for God. I have no doubts those temptations; those forces of evil want nothing more than to alienate me from God. Maybe even the forces which are within my own being seem to work against me. But I think the greatest question I must ask myself is if I really do have that zeal for the Lord. I have to examine whether I am just living each day going alone being who I am, not really working toward the calling God has on me or do I strive to be that light, that salt and that mirror reflecting Christ to a lost world. Am I always looking for a way to demonstrate Christ? I think that would be zeal. Do people I come in contact with on a regular basis know I am a believer, a follower of Christ, a born again Spirit filled bible believing Christian? Do they know where I stand? Do they see my zeal for God? What about my fellow believers? Do they see my zeal for God? Do I exhibit those qualities which reflect a man after Gods own heart? I know I would not do anything on purpose to diminish a zealous attitude toward God, but what about by default? Have I lost any of that zeal I first had after finally finding God and having become his son? Have I mellowed out too much? Would that be, in a sense, having been won over by those forces? It is time to shake off that laziness. It is time to wait upon the Lord, to renew my strength, to soar on eagles wings, to be as zealous as I know how for God.