Just a little thing that struck me when I was reading 2 Corinthians 11 today. Paul in his defense against the super apostles, compiled a list of his weaknesses from 11:23 to 11:27. It’s really a full on inventory of sufferings, if you think about it. If I have that list of sufferings to endure, probably all I can think of is: when will the Lord return or can I just die?

I can imagine after listing all of these, Paul would say “But wait! There’s more!”. See on verse 28 – he is daily anxious for all the churches! Pause and think about that verse for a moment. This is a person who daily faces persecutions and hardship, and yet he still have time to think about other people?

I don’t know about you, but this is what I call passion.