Why Passion for Life Is Not Enough
There is a difference between existing and living–and it has to do with passion. But a passion for life is not enough to be a guarantee that one is truly living life for all that it is worth. There is a fatal deficiency in passion alone.
Jesus once told a parable (Lk. 12:16-21) about a rich man who sought to live life passionately, to the hilt, through his great wealth, only to find that God demanded his soul the very night he made his plans to expand his personal kingdom. God then asked him a most basic question that this man clearly had never asked himself: