Romans 12:11 (NIV): “Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.” Great words to keep your spiritual batteries charged. Negligence in serving God diminishes spiritual fervor. Romans 12:11 should motivate us to not be caught sleeping our way into God’s Kingdom.

“Honor one another above yourselves. 11 Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. 12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.”

Over and over the Bible says: intensity matters. Zeal matters. Wholeheartedness matters. Don’t settle for anything less. We exist to spread a passion for God. You can’t spread what you don’t have. Ask God for it in constant prayer and dive into the Word of God for wonders that make you boil for Christ. That’s the intensity part of verse 11.

It makes you wonder if you’re devoting your life to the right thing. I mean, we should pause at least and ask, “Well, am I up to the right thing? Am I spending my life pursuing what I ought to be pursuing?” You can pour your energies into a lot of things but is it the right thing.

The great commandment is “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind” (Luke 10:27).

And God promises to be found by us when we seek him with earnestness rather than half-heartedness. Jeremiah 29:13-14, “You will seek me and find me. When you seek me with all your heart, I will be found by you declares the Lord” (Jeremiah 29:13-14).

This day, I pray for the Maximum in your life and rebuke the Minimum in your life. In Jesus Name. Blessings, Pastor Gary