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Today, Thursday, March 24, is the fourteenth day of Lent. Lent is the period of time during which we can prepare ourselves for the Easter experience.
 

Assignment 14
 
There is a great universal impulse in life we call desire. It is that which causes us to go forward. Desire goes before every act of life. Desire is filled with love, zeal, enthusiasm, and interest. It is the essence of good.
 
Desire is the power that carries the inner idea or ideal into outer expression or manifestation. To be without desire is to be without zest for living.
 
This desire is called Zeal in the Scriptures. It is energy and without it there would be stagnation and death. It is inspiration. It must be direct from the inner spirit. If it is used from the outer it is wasted, for it is such a mighty force.
 
It must be quickened by Spirit and by our own greatest need for expression, which is God –given – God expressing. It incites us to glorious achievement for it is for a Divine purpose.
 
Desire is the fire of life, the stirring power, and cannot be denied. Without it we are indifferent, careless, ineffective, and become drifters in the inner field of development and growth.
 
As human beings we are too politely calm, too well mannered, too conscious of what others may think of us. We wear a false face. Because of this false concept the urgings of God in the heart are left unstarted and unfinished and inner deterioration begins. The life of God is impaired.
 
Desire is part of the creative power. When we are touched by desire, there is an interior change, we are fired by Spirit. An inner flame consumes all fear and insincerity, new life pours through every cell – there is physical renewal, and the mind is quickened.
 
Desire is the powerhouse of God, the Divine flame that blazes new paths. It is God pushing us into new and greater expression of our most perfect being.
 
Desire is a facet of love, when desire grips our whole being, spirit, soul, and body; it is the purest activity of God. God is Love. “Love and do what you like,” St. Augustine said. For if you truly love – you can only be God in Action!
 
 
(This series of Lenten messages was first developed by Unity minister Dr. Sue Sikking, founder of Unity-by-the-Sea, Santa Monica, California, author of God Always Says Yes and Seed of the New Age.)
 
 
God is Blessing You, Right Now!
 
Rev. Alan A. Rowbotham
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ZEAL

14th Day, Thursday. Read Luke 10:30-42; 11:1-4.

Zeal is the affirmative impulse of existence; its command is, “Go forward!” Zeal is the mighty force that incites all things to action; the eternal urge behind all things. To be without zeal is to be without the zest of living. Zeal and enthusiasm incite to glorious achievement in every ideal that the mind conceives.

Zeal should be tempered with wisdom. Some persons get so fired with zeal when they first tackle a job, that they quickly grow tired, and fail to carry it through to completion. The need is for control, equalization.

Watch the pull of a giant locomotive; note how it slowly but steadily moves forward, almost by inches at first but gradually increasing until its mile-long train swiftly disappears in the distance.

“The zeal of thy house hath eaten me up” means that the zeal faculty has become so active intellectually that it has consumed the vitality and left nothing for spiritual growth. Excessive zeal in religious forms of worship eats up the purely spiritual. When we become very zealous in observing the rites of the church we are prone to forget the church itself, which is Christ.

The divine command is, “Take time to be holy.” I am quick to do the bidding of Spirit and use a portion of my zeal in establishing God’s kingdom within me. I do not put all my enthusiasm into helping others; my own unfoldment is of great importance to me. I love to aid my brother, but I do not allow that idea to rob me of the power to demonstrate Truth for myself.

I affirm: “My zeal is tempered with wisdom, and I maintain a perfect balance within and without.”

Questions:

1. Define “zeal.”

2. What part does zeal play in achievement?

3. Can zeal become excessive? Explain.

4. For what purpose should a portion of zeal be used?

Father-God, I pray for zeal to motivate me to achievement, and for wisdom to keep me steady, strong, and true to divine principle.

Remember, God is Blessing You, Right Now!

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