First Love

Revelation 2:3-5 and you have persevered and have patience, and have labored for My name’s sake and have not become weary. Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love.

We all do remember that moment in time, when the love of God first flooded our hearts and minds. The moment of time when we said, "Yes, Lord!" Everything from then on for a few weeks, or for a few months, seemed so extraordinarily filled with the love of God. We could worship Him spontaneously, we could praise our God for silly reasons, quiet time with Him was a priority...then over the years everything about that freshness, that passion began to fade. We kind of settled in.

Earthly marriages often go this way of “settling in”. The first few years for some are filled with the wonderful memories of the wedding itself, the sweetness of the honeymoon and all the little romantic things that are done in the name of love. Then slowly we start taking our spouse for granted. Spontaneous kisses are gone, laughing together and doing nothing but just being in each other’s company becomes a chore. Then life is suddenly filled with other more important things or habits. And love whimpers in the corner and finally dies.

The difference in being in love with God and keeping Him as our first love is that He has never changed and never will. The Bible says in Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. He loves us with the same passion He did from the beginning of time. He would die for us all over again if need be. He watches over us tenderly every second of the day. He longs to talk with us and spend time with us. He loves to walk with us in the cool of day and stay beside us in the night watches. He never changed but we did.

We got busy with our "works" for Him. We now labor with all our might for His Kingdom. Our heart seems to be on the right course, but is it really?

Let us today prayerfully remember how we felt in our sinful estate before He met us.
Let us remember how we were without hope and without God. Let us remember that we were destined for an eternity without eternal love. Let us remember the One that loved us and gave His life for us. Let us remember how we first loved Him and let us pray that our love would be rekindled and be brighter, stronger and better that when we first knew Him.

As the world prepares to celebrate Christmas with Christmas trees, presents and the revelry let us prepare our hearts to be a place for the King to dwell in.

Let us hurry to be beside our Beloved!