Zeal- eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something
Psalm 69:9
9 for zeal for your house consumes me,
and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.
Psalm 119:139
139 My zeal wears me out,
for my enemies ignore your words.
Proverbs 19:2
2 It is not good to have zeal without knowledge,
nor to be hasty and miss the way.
Isaiah 9:7
Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the LORD Almighty will accomplish this.
Isaiah 26:11
11 O LORD, your hand is lifted high,
but they do not see it.
Let them see your zeal for your people and be put to shame;
let the fire reserved for your enemies consume them.
Isaiah 59:17
17 He put on righteousness as his breastplate,
and the helmet of salvation on his head;
he put on the garments of vengeance
and wrapped himself in zeal as in a cloak.
Isaiah 63:15
15 Look down from heaven and see
from your lofty throne, holy and glorious.
Where are your zeal and your might?
Your tenderness and compassion are withheld from us
The Lord is zealous for us with all of Him. His greatest passion is to show us His love. Being zealous for God draws us closer to His heart. Zeal for the Lord gives us strength to conquer the things that come our way. Zeal for the Lord even makes us do crazy things that people don't always understand but it doesn't matter because it was for the God of zeal. The thing is that when we choose God the zeal comes from Him. Study what it means to be zealous for God and for the things of Him, it will rock your world! How will you display God's zeal in your life, at home, at school, around your friends, with your family, and around people you know they don't know the God you are zealous for?
