I was in Ahmedabad at one of my friend’s house where I read about Yuva Unstoppable; it is all about a young man Amitabh Shah, founder of Yuva Unstoppable. Amitabh in one of his interview to Ahmedabad Mirror dated 16, 2010 said “I had a quarter million dollar offer from Wall Street on J P Morgan after I finished my MBA from Yale. But I wanted to do something that was fun. And what can be better and more fun than being around a group of inspiring Youth wanting to help the less privileged”. It surprised me that one man started this small group with just 4 members and today there are 60,000 volunteers across 30 cities reaching out 1.5 lakh children just within the time spam of 5 years. “By 2015, there will be 50 lakh Yuva-ites globally impacting 1.5crore children. We have very passionate young people at all levels and they will not rest”. Amitabh adds.
“We have very passionate young people at all levels and they will not rest”, this statement of Amitabh Shah reminds me of a passionate man called David in Bible whose soldiers were equally passionate, they were passionate to risk in serving their earthly king. The last but one chapter from the book of 2 Samuel recites the events of bravery of these passionate men of David. I get charged up when I read about such men in action. In 2 Samuel 23: 8 Josheb-basshebeth a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite, against eight hundred slain at one time”; Verse 15 and 16 of the same chapter note about another 3 such men. “And David longed, and said; oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate! And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto Jehovah”. My Bible says David Longed and these mighty men were ready to risk their life and get there master’s longing fulfilled which only a passionate man can do this. If these men serving David the king of Israel can risk their life than how much more we should how serve the King of kings. The whole chapter is full of such breath taking real stories which appeals more than the Hollywood movie 300, in which 300 Spartans soldiers fights for freedom against a multitudes of army. Passion generates spark in life, and these spark ignite our life in the mist of this dark world.
Obviously, when it is all about passion how I can forget Jesus who chose 12 disciples and commissioned to reach out the whole world with gospel. Jesus on earth was a passionate man and expected his disciples to be equally passionate. My Bible say there were one hundred twenty people including the 12 disciples who were waiting unto the Lord in the upper room for the promise mentioned Acts 1:8 to be fulfilled and just according to the promise were anointed and these 120 shake the city where they were in and the Church was having a rapid growth and people were fervent in prayer, the key factor for this kind of transformational change was passion for Christ.
As above mentioned Amitabh Shah finally closed his interview with this statement “in year 2015 we will be having 50 lakhs of young people will be working with Yuva Unstoppable”. I wonder how the passion that the disciples called Christians of early church carried with a rapid speed? Why not are we not able to reach out the people of our State, not the state but the city at least? Sorry to say but it was aptly said by a revivalist “Here is the glory of the gospel! In a few years’ time a handful of the socially influential men, with empty pockets and empty hands, turned the world upside down for their Lord Christ!.” What a dramatic difference from the evangelistic approach of this day! The Apostle had no gold but lots of glory and Passion for Christ. We have lots of Gold, but no glory and the passion. Growth of the church is the out come of a passionate Christian living. I trust and believe if the doubtless faith which knows that with God all things are possible is added with the gospel of Christ; will generate the sparks Passion in you, then the world shall know the only God Christ Jesus. We many times lose our priorities and are lost in World and end in meaningless life as someone rightly said “let the Church going into the whole world rather than the whole world coming into the Church. Only a Passionate Christian Youth can reach this Peace less and Perishing Young Generation for Christ.
If Amitabh shah can trust some passionate youth to reform the whole Nation which is perishable than I believe for God one passionate man is more than enough. Are you ready to tell the world that Jesus lives? Are you ready to be called as Jesus freak? If you are! Than this is the right time to take sparks of passion into your Church and Trust God you will see the Church catching the fire of revival. Lets Pray Oh Lord grant me grace that I may not be distracted from the purpose I am in this world. Passion for God fulfills purpose of God in creating you & me.
Let the fire of you Holy Ghost fall on me afresh so that I may live life worthy unto thee, in Jesus name I pray. Amen
