Zeal for God.

Romans 10:2
For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge.

Paul here is talking about the Israelites and their passion for God. Their zeal for God was so strong that they ignored what God actually wanted and did what they thought was the right thing to do. Zeal without knowledge is an absolute waste of your time, energy and resources. Zeal with knowledge gives you direction and enjoyment because you know you are doing the right thing.

Paul was so zealous for the things to God that he fiercely persecuted the church of the living God. Zeal is very important but without knowledge of Gods will and his purposes, it won't benefit much. The Israelites being ignorant of Gods righteousness by faith in Christ Jesus, sought to establish their own righteousness by the works of law and whenever you ignore Gods will, you stumble at the rock of offense and at the stumbling stone. A person who ignores Gods word and does what he thinks is right will not go very far even if he is very passionate and zealous about it. Paul was zealous about the persecution but you see Jesus showed up and stopped him in his tracks.

Friend, as believers, we must first discover the right way, when I say right way I mean the God way, which is the word way. Find out what is right in the eyes of God before you direct your passion, zeal and energy towards it. Its highly recommended that you be convinced that all your pursuits are in line with Gods word and his purpose for you can be sure that any work that ignores Gods purpose is only for a short time. Peace be to you!