This last weekend it was a real joy to spend time with the LIFE group (18-30′s single) of Grace Church and our friends from Spain, led by Pastor Stephen Phillips.

The theme of the weekend was Passionate Orthodoxy and it was wonderful to see the favourable response by all who those young people who attended.

Isaiah 26 verse 8 says: In the path of your judgments, O Lord, we wait for you; your name and remembrance are the desire of our soul.

This portion of scripture has been the basis of a statement of declaration entitled “Statement 268”  by many young people.  Louie Giglio, referring to this statement says:

Because I was created by God and for his glory, I will magnify him as I respond to his great love. My desire is to make knowing and enjoying God the passionate pursuit of my life.

Knowing God and enjoying God is the passionate pursuit of his life, that’s a wonderful expression of Passionate Orthodoxy. I trust that for all of us that is our desire — and a growing desire to make knowing God and enjoying God the passionate pursuit of our life whether we are young, middle aged or old.

If it’s not your desire then make it because the reason that you were created is to live for His glory and enjoy Him forever.