Jared Johnson

February 10, 2008 • 11:54 pm 0

Raw Emotion

During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission. Although he was a son, he learned obedience from what he suffered… -Hebrews 5:7-8 NIV

Reverent submission doesn’t mean no emotion. Jesus was able to be reverent while showing His emotion to God. It is natural for people to show emotion when thinking (or speaking/acting out) about their passions. If an outsider were to judge my passions by watching my prayers, they might conclude that I am not passionate for the things that I am praying for. They might just see a quiet list of requests and praises being recited.

Now if the Green Bay Packers were playing for the NFC Championship (as they did not so effectively last month), the same viewer would see crazy emotion being expressed for a football team. My prayers need a jump-start!

I vividly remember passionate times of morning prayer on the rooftop of the convent next to St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Hyderabad, India during the summer of 1998. It was one of those mountain-top experiences. I was pouring every ounce of energy I had into the Indian people that I was working with that summer. My passion for them could be heard in those morning prayers. I would like to live everyday with that kind of passion, and I would like to pray every prayer in a way that my passions are evident.

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