ZEAL

Isaiah spoke of God’s fervency declaring: “The zeal of the LORD Almighty will accomplish this”. God’s children must also be zealous. Fervency applied without good judgment can be brutal, even destructive, but faith without fervor is useless. Zealousness, like expired food left abandoned in the back of the refrigerator, will eventually expire; its value sadly lost down the disposal for lack of use. God is zealous, yet with the perfect counterbalance of divine wisdom and perfect love. Zeal must therefore first be bathed in wisdom and love before applied. Lord, grant me ardor, determination, devotion, diligence, drive, eagerness, earnestness, enterprise, fire, gusto, hustle, inclination, initiative, intensity, passion, perseverance, readiness, sincerity, spirit, stick-to-itiveness, urgency and wisdom this day.