First Love?

 

"Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first." - Revelation 2:4

When John writes to the church in Ephesus he picks up on the biggest issue that has weakened the witness of that church - they have lost their first love. More to the point, they have stopped loving the way they loved at first. This is not a critique on their ability to love, but rather an observation that they have lost their desire to love. 

For a number of reasons this particular church had been distracted by other things - mainly trying to sort out false teachers in her midst. This problem had sapped most of their time and energy, thus leaving them very little time to LOVE the Lord, their neighbours and to care for each other in the church. 

I think we all can relate to how easily this can happen. We don't plan to 'love less', but over time, our focus shifts onto other 'important' issues and soon we are giving God our leftover time, energy and focus. 

Is this something that you are experiencing lately? If yes, then let us LISTEN to what the spirit is saying to us all.

Living in Grace
D3LM3

Moving the light from the Golden Circle

For all of you Music lovers, you will know what a 'Golden Circle' is. Very simply, it is the area closest to the stage at a concert, reserved for those who have paid a lot of money to be near the musicians. When you read Revelation it seems that there is a 'Golden Circle' in heaven. Read this and see what I mean:
 
“I see what you’ve done, your hard, hard work, your refusal to quit. I know you can’t stomach evil, that you weed out apostolic pretenders. I know your persistence, your courage in my cause, that you never wear out.
^4-5 “But you walked away from your first love—why? What’s going on with you, anyway? Do you have any idea how far you’ve fallen? A Lucifer fall!
“Turn back! Recover your dear early love. No time to waste, for I’m well on my way to removing your light from the golden circle." - Revelation 2:2-6 (MSG)

Who or what is your 'First love' today?

Living in Grace
D3LM3