Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love. Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.
Revelation 2:4-5
I came across this scene in Baltimore, and it made me think about these verses… I don’t even know which church this is, so my thinking had nothing to do with this particular church or its congregation; but it seems like something that all of us should 
consider and be reminded of.
Have we forsaken our first love? Have we grown too comfortable?
How easy it is for any one of us, or indeed an entire congregation to slip into an easy path, one that is regular and seemingly “normal” and eventually come to realize that the path we are following is not the path that puts Jesus first and foremost in our lives, in our thoughts and in our deeds. How easy it can be to just sort of drift along through life and never quite realize the potential that God has given us for the benefit of His Kingdom!
Maybe all of us should consider these things from time to time… I know that I should. May each of us remain in His path, serving Him and doing His will and not our own, for the glory of God and the building up of His Kingdom!
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Amen!
“… Remember the height from which you have fallen…” How easily we forget..!!
You’ve got that one right!
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Thank you for reminding (exhorting) us… We love because He first loved us!
Thanks!
deeper waters. Nice.
Thanks!
It’s a daily, or should I say, minute by minute journey. That is why my”handle” is continually seeking Him, because I know too well that I can be easily distracted and off kilter. Jesus can also be put on the shelf of contentment unless I seek continuously. I’ve found that seeking Him continually keeps me in the game experiencing all He has for me and seeing His marvelous work. Thanks for the reminder and blessing Don. Continually seeking Him, Sharon
Great comment, Sharon… thank you!
So often, when we first experience the “touch”, the “presence” of God in our lives… whether that’s as children, or teens, or early adulthood, or mid-life… it hits us like a bolt of lightning. And it seems we are trained that it’s “OK to share that in CHURCH, or among Christians…” but it’s NOT OK to share that amazement and enthusiasm with our life-at-large. I mean, we don’t want to get labeled as fanatics or Jesus-freaks or whatever.
Well, I’m not saying to go grabbing friends, colleagues, and strangers and start screaming in their faces… not at all. But I do think, more and more as time goes by, that God intends “witness” to be more a matter of “transparency about His grace” in our day-to-day lives… the corner store, the gas station, the doctor’s office, our workplaces… than going on field trips with Roman Road tracts.
I feel like the most powerful testimonies of God’s presence and love, are the simple confessions of His presence and grace from “normal people” in “normal settings”… planting seeds and nourishing the efforts of the Holy Spirit at large. All that can then be nurtured, developed, and nourished towards fruition through the efforts of teachers, pastors, preachers, and “professional clergy”.
Sharing one’s “first love” can be very powerful.
Grace — LM
Beautiful, LM, thanks!
Amen!
Beautiful post as always! Have a wonderful day friend! Neeky
Thanks Neecky!
something to truly ponder
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absolutely truth in the body of Christ. We get comfortable. VW