Maybe Plato was right afterall ?!?!?!

I have a quote from Plato on my desk at work that reads, "Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom when the passions have relaxed their hold and you have escaped, not from one master, but from many."

Are Plato's words as much of a description of your Christian life as they are mine??? How I long for the calm and freedom of having only one passion that masters my life...

I have recently been struck by this song, Reign in Us, by Starfield...The musical aspects of the song are nice and catchy, but as is always important with me, the words always mean more than the tune...The words in this song that are compelling are as follows: "O Great and Mighty One, with one desire we have come: that You would reign, You would reign in us." Notice this over-used phrase in churchianity today, "ONE DESIRE WE HAVE COME"... Come on, really??? One, single, solitary desire. Sounds easier than it lives.

I have become convinced of many things over the years, but there is one thing I have become convinced of out of mere frustrated experience. It is the idea that living the Christian life would theoretically be easier to live if I could indeed reduce all of my passions and desires down ONE thing. Whether it be the Lord reigning in me, or that I would "know and follow hard after " Him, or that I would "come and die"; having one single minded passion would be a much better barometer for me to use to evaluate where I am when compared to this kaleidoscope of perspective I usually draw from. But the focus needed....

Without a doubt, I want to have ONE "pure and Holy passion". I would love to have ONE "magnificent obsession", one "glorious ambition" for my life, but honestly, what a struggle that is. Seems like it takes too much time and effort to narrow down all desires into one. But, I am convinced that it is a noble and worthy road for us travel. It is narrow, lonely, confusing, and difficult, but worth every step and stride.

May God help in this pursuit. May He make it clear what ONE passion He has laid on our hearts and may we pursue His passion for our lives with all that we are.

SDG
JW