 The depth of truth, and the level of revelation one gains from a phrase such as "true love waits" is directly commensurate to our understanding of the phrase itself. Logically, to have a complete understanding of any phrase, we must first understand the meaning of each word in the phrase. As is always the case, the best source for definition, is the source of creation, God Himself. Though "true love waits" is a simple phrase, two of the words within the phrase are words that the LORD has used to define Himself: "True" and "Love" are attributes of God.
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| The Corrosion of Conformity |
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Aside from providing a cool name for an awesome Christian metal band, Romans 12: 1 & 2 hits us with the crossroads of a critical decision that we all must face. In fact, we are likely to find ourselves in this valley of decision on a daily basis. This passage of scripture lays out two diametrically opposed positions, and demands that you choose one of the two: death to self and the world, or death to life in God.
Paul urges believers to ‘present our bodies as living sacrifices to God' and I want to specify the physical nature of this command; he did not say heart, soul, or mind; he said "bodies." Paul understood, that whatever is found on the inside of a person, will come forth and present itself on the outside; and like many Apostles he is addressing the fact that what is done in the flesh is evidence of your true spiritual condition. Furthermore, your bodies being the host for all elements of our existence, a serious emphasis must be placed on the significance of surrendering them to the Lordship of Jesus Christ.
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| What does it mean to be passionate? |
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A quick word study of "passion" reveals 2 commonly understood meanings. The first definition (which is better received by the secular worldview) describes passion as "the emotion of feeling very strongly about a subject" and "great emotion or fervor"; Fervor of course meaning "an intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor”; and Ardor, finally, comes from the Latin ardere which means “to burn”. Which brings us to my cummulative definition (D.I.V.I.N.E./Dave's Inferno Version In New English) - to burn with an intense emotion of feeling very strongly about something.
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