If you are in the UK it has been an interesting weekend in sport – particularly in the FA Cup competition. People are surprised, but happy, that none of the top 6 teams in the country have progressed to the semi-finals. It’s been a long time even since one of the top 4 did not win the final.

There will be many views on what has happened but I wonder if it is due to passion?

The teams that won over the weekend, played with a passion. They wanted to win, they were desperate to progress and keen to get on. The ‘big stars’ were passion-less. My personal view is that they have lost sight of the ‘true beauty of the game’ by having what was once a passion of theirs relegated to a mere job by the amount of money they are paid and the self-important lifestyles they are encouraged to lead.

This weekend showed that the passion and desire to win can outmaneuver even the best in the world.

It can be the same in our Christian lives. It is easy to lose passion, to allow stuff we once held dear to be relegated to mere activities, or jobs.

How do we keep and maintain that passion we first had?
How can we ensure we don’t become passionless?
How can we stop ourselves from falling into seeing mission as just another job?

I guess it is something about reminding ourselves what we are about. For me, that’s being a person who loves mission and wants to see lives transformed. For me, its about continuing to see this happen through my work and not being distracted by things that give me apparent security.